Lucretius and the modern world /

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Author / Creator:	Johnson, W. R. (Walter Ralph), 1933- author.
Imprint:	London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2006. ©2000
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Series:	Classical inter/faces Classical inter/faces.
Subject:	Lucretius Carus, Titus. -- De rerum natura. Lucretius Carus, Titus -- Influence. Lucretius Carus, Titus. De rerum natura (Lucretius Carus, Titus) Atomism. Atomism. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11240566

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ISBN:	9781472502278 1472502272 9780715628829 9781472539908 1472539907 0715628828 9780715628829 9781472502285 1472502280
Notes:	Originally published: Duckworth, 2000. Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-160) and index. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 5, 2015).
Summary:	Lucretius' On the Nature of Things, provides a poetic exposition of the doctrines of the Greek atomist, Epicurus. This book offers a description of the poem, with special emphasis on its version of materialism and on its attempt to devise an ethical system that suits such a universe.

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