Lucretius - Poet and Epicurean

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; 1. The existence of atoms and void; 2. Atomic motion, shape and properties; 3. The nature of the spirit and mind; 4. The processes of sensation and thought; 5. Our world, the origins of life and civilisation; 6. Phenomena of our world explained; Recommended reading; Glossary of people; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Philip de May, Philip De May
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.05.2009
• EAN: 9780521721561
• ISBN: 978-0-521-72156-1
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Greece & Rome: Texts and Conte; Greece and Rome: Texts and Contexts; Greece & Rome: Texts and Conte; Greece and Rome: Texts and Con
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; FICTION / Classics, Education / Teaching