LUCRETIUS by Philip de May ( 9780521721561 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

LUCRETIUS
POET AND EPICUREAN

By:

Philip de May

Format:

Paperback

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£23.75

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£20.78

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ISBN 10:

0521721563

ISBN 13:

9780521721561

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

14 May, 2009

Series:

Greece and Rome - Texts and Contexts

Pages:

160

Description:

An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts.

Synopsis:

An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. What is the world made of? How can we be happy? What happens after death? Drawing on the philosophical teachings of Epicurus, Lucretius seeks to answer these and other big questions in his masterful poem 'On the nature of things'. This book offers a selection of key passages from the poem. In addition it gives students insight into its artistic inventiveness, provides a cultural and historical frame of reference, and offers access to the Epicurean philosophy underlying the poem.

Illustrations:

Illustrations (some col.)

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Imprint:

Cambridge University Press

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Returnable

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