De rerum natura

by Lucretius Carus, Titus

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Title Statements

Full title :De rerum natura. / Lucretius ; edited by E.J. Kenney, Kennedy Professor emeritus of Latin, University of Cambridge.

Summary

The third book of Lucretius' great poem on the workings of the universe is devoted entirely to expounding the implications of Epicurus' dictum that death does not matter, 'is nothing to us'. The soul is not immortal: it no more exists after the dissolution of the body than it had done before its birth. Only if this fact is accepted can men rid themselves of irrational fears and achieve the state of ataraxia, freedom from mental disturbance, on which the Epicurean definition of pleasure was based. To present this case Lucretius deploys the full range of poetic and rhetorical registers, soberly prohibitive, artfully decorative or passionately emotive as best suits his argument, reinforcing it with vivid and compelling imagery. This new edition has been completely revised, with a considerably enlarged Commentary and a new supplementary introduction taking account of the great amount of new scholarship of the last forty years.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2014
Edition:Second edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, United Kingdom
Language:lat
Publication Date:©2014

The Physical Object

Description:xiv, 256 pages ; : 22 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781107002111, 1107002117, 9780521173896, 0521173892
oclc:ocn876666274
LC Classification:PA6482.A63
Dewey Decimal:187

Subjects

18.46 ancient Latin literature Criticism, interpretation, etc De rerum natura (Lucretius Carus, Titus) Didactic poetry, Latin Didactic poetry, Latin -- History and c… Kommentar Lucretius Carus, T. Lucretius Carus, Titus Philosophie ancienne -- Poésie Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Ancient -- Poetry Poésie didactique latine -- Histoire et… Poetry