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Lucretius: Poet and Epicurean
Philip De May
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Description for Lucretius: Poet and Epicurean
paperback. An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. Series: Greece and Rome - Texts and Contexts. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 4KL; HPCA. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 245 x 189 x 9. Weight in Grams: 366. Poet and Epicurean. Series: Greece and Rome - Texts and Contexts. 160 pages, Illustrations (some col.). An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. Cateogry: (UA) A / AS level. BIC Classification: 4KL; HPCA. Dimension: 245 x 189 x 9. Weight: 364.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
Greece and Rome - Texts and Contexts
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521721561
SKU
V9780521721561
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