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On the Nature of Things, Translated by Martin Ferguson Smith (Hackett Classics Series)
Lucretius
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Description for On the Nature of Things, Translated by Martin Ferguson Smith (Hackett Classics Series)
Paperback. Translator(s): Smith, Martin Ferguson. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 232.
Martin Ferguson Smith's work on Lucretius is both well known and highly regarded. However, his 1969 translation of De Rerum Natura--long out of print--is virtually unknown. Readers will share our excitement in the discovery of this accurate and fluent prose rendering. For this edition, Professor Smith provides a revised translation, new Introduction, headnotes and bibliography.
Product Details
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Weight
219g
Number of Pages
262
Place of Publication
Cambridge, MA, United States
ISBN
9780872205871
SKU
V9780872205871
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Ref
99-21
About Lucretius
Martin Ferguson Smith is Prof. of Classics Emeritus, Univ. of Durham, United Kingdom. Among his scholarly achievements are his revisions of the Rouse translation of De Rerum Natura for the Loeb Classical Library.
Reviews for On the Nature of Things, Translated by Martin Ferguson Smith (Hackett Classics Series)
Martin Ferguson Smith has for many years been one of the leading Lucretian scholars in the world. . . . We should expect from the beginning then that we are in the hands of a wise and learned guide as soon as we open his Lucretius, and this expectation is certainly borne out by the quality of this sensitive and ... Read more