Don Fowler

Lucretius on Atomic Motion

A Commentary on de Rerum Natura Book Two Lines 1-332
Mitwirkender: Fowler, P G

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Produktbeschreibung

Lucretius on Atomic Motion makes an exceptional contribution to the history of the Latin poetic language (for which Lucretius is of fundamental and innovative importance), yet, at the same time, manages to be a tool of interpretation of the Graeco-Latin philosophical debate which infuses Lucretius' verse. Don Fowler's commentary will be invaluable not only to Lucretian specialists but also to the whole world of classical scholarship.

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Lucretius' theory of atomic motion is one of the most difficult and technical parts of De rerum natura, and, for that reason, has hitherto been neglected by commentators. This is the first commentary to take account of the remarkable discoveries and re-evaluations in the field of Hellenistic philosophy over the past thirty years, which have been stimulated by the publication of many more Epicurean fragments from Herculaneum.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 532
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 146mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 741g
• ISBN-13: 9780199243587
• ISBN-10: 0199243581
• Artikelnr.: 21662974

Autorenporträt

Don Fowler was Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Jesus College, Oxford, from 1980 until his death on 15 October 1999

Inhaltsangabe

Text
Commentary
Appendix A: Lucretius on the Clinamen and 'Free Will'
Appendix B: What sort of a Reductionist was Epicurus? The Case of the Swerve
Appendix C: The Feminine Principle: Gender in the De rerum natura