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ISBN: 0520029429 Year: 1976 Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press,
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Virgil. --- Aeneas (Legendary character) in literature --- Epic poetry, Latin --- -Rome in literature --- Latin epic poetry --- Latin poetry --- History and criticism --- Virgil --- Virgilio Marone, P. --- Vergilius Maro, Publius --- Vergilīĭ --- Virgile --- Vergílio --- Wergiliusz --- Vergilīĭ Maron, P. --- Vergilīĭ Maron, Publīĭ --- Verhiliĭ Maron, P. --- Vergil --- Virgilio --- Virgilīĭ --- Virgilius Maro, P. --- Virgilius Maro, Publius --- Virgil Maro, P. --- ווירגיל --- וירגיליוס --- ורגיליוס --- מרו, פובליוס ורגיליוס --- فرجيل --- Pseudo-Virgil --- Pseudo Virgilio --- Virgilio Marón, Publio --- Bhārjila --- Aeneas (Legendary character) in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Rome --- In literature. --- Virgilio Marone, P., --- Vergilīĭ, --- Virgile, --- Vergílio, --- Wergiliusz, --- Vergilīĭ Maron, Publīĭ, --- Verhiliĭ Maron, P., --- Vergil, --- Virgilio, --- Virgilīĭ, --- Virgilius Maro, P., --- Virgilius Maro, Publius, --- Virgil Maro, P., --- ווירגיל, --- וירגיליוס, --- ורגיליוס, --- מרו, פובליוס ורגיליוס, --- فرجيل, --- Pseudo-Virgil, --- Pseudo Virgilio, --- Virgilio Marón, Publio, --- Bhārjila,
ISBN: 0715628828 9780715628829 1336211679 1472502272 1472502280 1472539907 Year: 2000 Publisher: London: Duckworth,
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"Lucretius' On the Nature of Things - one of the glories of Latin literature - provides a vivid poetic exposition of the doctrines of the Greek atomist, Epicurus. The poem played a crucial role in the reinvention of science in the seventeenth century, its influence on the French Enlightenment was powerful and pervasive, and it became a major battlefield in the wars of religion with science in nineteenth-century England. But in the twentieth century, despite its vital contributions to modern thought and civilisation, it has been largely neglected by common readers and scientists alike. This book offers an extensive description of the poem, with special emphasis on its cheerful version of materialism and on its attempt to devise an ethical system that suits such a universe. It surveys major relevant texts form the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (Dryden, Diderot, Voltaire, Tennyson, Santayana) and speculates on why Lucretius and the ancient scientific tradition he championed has become marginalised in the twentieth century. It closes with a discussion of what value the poem has for students of science and technology in the new century: what advice it has to offer us about how to go about reinventing our machines and our morality."--Bloomsbury Publishing Lucretius' On the Nature of Things - one of the glories of Latin literature - provides a vivid poetic exposition of the doctrines of the Greek atomist, Epicurus. The poem played a crucial role in the reinvention of science in the seventeenth century, its influence on the French Enlightenment was powerful and pervasive, and it became a major battlefield in the wars of religion with science in nineteenth-century England. But in the twentieth century, despite its vital contributions to modern thought and civilisation, it has been largely neglected by common readers and scientists alike. This book offers an extensive description of the poem, with special emphasis on its cheerful version of materialism and on its attempt to devise an ethical system that suits such a universe. It surveys major relevant texts form the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (Dryden, Diderot, Voltaire, Tennyson, Santayana) and speculates on why Lucretius and the ancient scientific tradition he championed has become marginalised in the twentieth century. It closes with a discussion of what value the poem has for students of science and technology in the new century: what advice it has to offer us about how to go about reinventing our machines and our morality
Atomism. --- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) --- Lucretius Carus, Titus.
ISBN: 0801428688 0801466938 Year: 1993 Publisher: Ithaca (N.Y.): Cornell university press
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Epistolary poetry, Latin --- -Political poetry, Latin --- -Liberty in literature --- Rome in literature --- Dialectic --- Polarity --- Polarity (Philosophy) --- Freedom in literature --- Liberty as a theme in literature --- Latin political poetry --- Latin poetry --- Latin epistolary poetry --- History and criticism --- Horace --- -Gorat︠s︡īĭ --- Gorat︠s︡iĭ Flakk, Kvint --- Horacij --- Horacio, --- Horacio Flaco, Q. --- Horacjusz --- Horacjusz Flakkus, Kwintus --- Horacy --- Horatius Flaccus, Quintus --- Horaṭiyos --- Horaṭiyus --- Horats --- Horaz --- Khorat︠s︡iĭ --- Khorat︠s︡iĭ Flak, Kvint --- Orazio --- Orazio Flacco, Quinto --- הוראציוס --- הורטיוס --- Views on liberty --- Dialectic. --- Liberty in literature. --- Political poetry, Latin --- Rome in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Horace. --- -Horace --- Horacij Flakk, Kvint --- -Views on liberty --- Liberty in literature --- Rome --- In literature.
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ISBN: 0814271588 081420399X 9780814203996 0814256481 Year: 2009 Publisher: Columbus : Ohio State University Press,
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Elegiac poetry, Latin --- Love poetry, Latin --- History and criticism. --- Propertius, Sextus --- Criticism and interpretation. --- History and criticism --- Propertius, Sextus Aurelius --- Properzio, Sesto --- Properce --- Properzio, S. --- Propercio --- Propercio, Sexto Aurelio --- Properz --- Propert︠s︡īĭ, Sekst --- Propertios --- Properci, Sext --- Propercij
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Year: 1968 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
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