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"Lucretius' Epicurean poem De Rerum Natura ('On the Nature of Things'), written in the middle of the first century BC, made a fundamental and lasting contribution to the language of Latin philosophy. The style of De Rerum Natura is like nothing else in extant Latin: at once archaic and modern, Romanizing and Hellenizing, intimate and sublime, it draws on multiple literary genres and linguistic registers. This book offers a study of Lucretius' linguistic innovation and creativity. Lucretius is depicted as a linguistic trailblazer, extending and augmenting the technical language of Latin in order to describe the Epicurean universe of atoms and void in all its complexity and sublimity. A detailed understanding of the Epicurean linguistic theory brings with it a greater appreciation of Lucretius' own language. Accordingly, this book features an in-depth reconstruction of certain core features of Epicurean linguistic theory. Elements of Lucretius' style discussed include his attitudes to, and use of, figurative language (especially metaphor); his explorations, both explicit and implicit, of Latin etymology; his uses of Greek; and his creative deployment of compounds and prefixed words. His practice is related throughout not only to the underlying Epicurean theory but also to contemporary Roman attitudes to style and language. The result is a new reading of one of the greatest and most difficult works to survive from the Roman world."--Jacket.

Latin language --- Language and languages. --- Style. --- Lucretius Carus, Titus --- Lucretius Carus, Titus. --- Language. --- De rerum natura (Lucretius Carus, Titus)

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Six hundred years after Poggio's retrieval of the De rerum natura, and with the recent surge of interest in Lucretius and his influence, there has never been a better time to fully assess and recognize the shaping force of his thought and poetry over European culture from antiquity to modern times. This volume offers a multidisciplinary and updated overview of Lucretius as philosopher and as poet, with special attention to how these two aspects interact. The volume includes 18 contributions by established as well as early career scholars working on Lucretius' philosophical and poetic work, and his reception both in ancient and early modern times. All the chapters present new and original research. Section I explores core issues of Epicurean-Lucretian epistemology and ethics. Section II expounds much new material on ancient response to and reception of Lucretius. Section III presents new material and analysis on the immediate, fraught early modern reception of the poem. Section IV offers a wide collection of new and original papers on Lucretius' fortunes in the period from Machiavelli up to Victorian times. Section V explores little known aspects of the iconographical and biographical motifs related to the De rerum natura.

Poésie latine. --- Philosophie et littérature. --- Philosophie --- Littérature --- Philosophie et littérature. --- Dans la littérature. --- Philosophie. --- Lucretius Carus, Titus. --- De rerum natura (Lucretius Carus, Titus)

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This is an accessible but thought-provoking introduction to one of the greatest of Latin poets, Lucretius. Contributors discuss Lucretius' 'De Rerum Natura' in its ancient contexts and in its reception both as a literary text and as a vehicle for progressive ideas.

Didactic poetry, Latin --- Philosophy, Ancient, in literature --- Lucretius Carus, Titus. - De rerum natura --- Lucretius Carus, Titus. --- Lucretius Carus, Titus --- History and criticism --- De rerum natura (Lucretius). --- Philosophy, Ancient, in literature. --- Receptie. --- History and criticism. --- Lucretius. --- Lukrez. --- Whitman College --- Memorial bookplates --- Class of 1939.

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Epicureans (Greek philosophy) --- Didactic poetry, Latin. --- Philosophy, Ancient. --- Epicuriens --- Poésie didactique latine --- Philosophie ancienne --- Lucretius Carus, Titus. --- Epicurus. --- De rerum natura (Lucretius) --- Epicurisme. --- Influence. --- Littérature didactique. --- Poésie. --- Poétique. --- Receptie. --- Renaissance. --- Épicurisme. --- Poésie didactique latine. --- Philosophie ancienne. --- Rezeption. --- Geistesgeschichte 1400-1600. --- Epikureismus. --- Italian literary studies --- Philosophical influence --- Epicureanism --- Italian renaissance --- Lucrèce --- Épicure <341-270 av. J.-C> --- Lucrèce. --- Épicure. --- Lucrèce, --- Épicure, --- Epicurus, --- Bruno, Giordano, --- Buonincontro, Lorenzo, --- Fracastoro, Girolamo, --- Lucretius Carus, Titus, --- Marullus, Michael Tarchaniota, --- Paleario, Aonio, --- Palingènio Stellato, Marcello, --- Pontano, Giovanni Gioviano, --- Tasso, Torquato, --- Italien. --- De rerum natura (Lucretius). --- Italian renaissance. --- Lucrèce . --- Épicure <341-270 av. J.-C>. --- Poésie didactique latine

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The most original and shocking interpretation of Lucretius in the last 40 yearsA new materialist, quantum and feminist interpretation of LucretiusArgues the original and provocative thesis that Lucretius was not an atomist but rather the first philosopher of motionThe most profound revision of how we read Lucretius since Michel Serres’ The Birth of Physics (1977)Luretius II launch offerFind out where it all started: we're offering a free ebook of Lucretius I when you buy a copy of Lucretius II. Just add a copy of Lucretius II (paperback, hardback or ebook) and a Lucretius I ebook to your basket, and enter the code Lucretius2 when you check out.Visit the webpage for Lucretius IIThomas Nail argues convincingly and systematically that Lucretius was not an atomist, but a thinker of kinetic flux. In doing so, he completely overthrows the interpretive foundations of modern scientific materialism, whose philosophical origins lie in the atomic reading of Lucretius’ immensely influential book De Rerum Natura.This means that Lucretius was not the revolutionary harbinger of modern science as Greenblatt and others have argued; he was its greatest victim. Nail re-reads De Rerum Natura to offer us a new Lucretius – a Lucretius for today."

Lucretius Carus, Titus. --- De rerum natura (Lucretius Carus, Titus) --- T. Lucreti Cari De rerum natura libri sex (Lucretius Carus, Titus) --- Titi Lucretii Cari poetae ac philosophi vetustiss. De rerum natura libri sex (Lucretius Carus, Titus) --- Titi Lucretij Cari poetae ac philosophi uetustiss. De rerum natura libri sex (Lucretius Carus, Titus) --- Titi Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex (Lucretius Carus, Titus) --- HISTORY / Ancient / Rome. --- Ontologie. --- Lucretius Carus, Titus,