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Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus, ca. 94–ca. 55/51 BCE)
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Abstract
Lucretius, a Roman poet, set forth a complete account of the Epicurean philosophy in epic verse, in a poem entitled
De rerum natura
(
On the Nature of Things
). With the loss of Epicurus’ longer writings, Lucretius’ poem is the most comprehensive and extensive exposition of Epicurean philosophy available to us from antiquity. The Epicurean philosophy, and especially Lucretius’ poetic exposition of it, has been widely and continuously influential on later thinkers, perhaps most of all in the early modern period through the eighteenth century, as an alternative ancient view of the human being and the world, different from the more dominant Platonic, Aristotelian, and Ciceronian positions.
Title: Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus, ca. 94–ca. 55/51 BCE)
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Abstract
Lucretius, a Roman poet, set forth a complete account of the Epicurean philosophy in epic verse, in a poem entitled
De rerum natura
(
On the Nature of Things
).
With the loss of Epicurus’ longer writings, Lucretius’ poem is the most comprehensive and extensive exposition of Epicurean philosophy available to us from antiquity.
The Epicurean philosophy, and especially Lucretius’ poetic exposition of it, has been widely and continuously influential on later thinkers, perhaps most of all in the early modern period through the eighteenth century, as an alternative ancient view of the human being and the world, different from the more dominant Platonic, Aristotelian, and Ciceronian positions.
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