Lucretius: De Rerum NaturaBook III

By:

Lucretius

Format:

Hardback

Series:

Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics

Show Hide Adult Content

$217.00

Available from supplier

Usually ships in 3-4 weeks

0 in Trolley

Price Match

Wrap this item as a gift ($5.90) - add a free gift card on the next page

Free Delivery with Primate

Join Now

Free 14 day free trial, cancel anytime.

Buy Now, Pay Later with:

4 payments of $54.25 with Afterpay Learn more

6 weekly interest-free payments of $36.17 with Laybuy Learn more

Availability

Delivering to:

Estimated arrival:

Around 11-21 June using International Courier

Description

The third book of Lucretius' great poem on the workings of the universe is devoted entirely to expounding the implications of Epicurus' dictum that death does not matter, 'is nothing to us'. The soul is not immortal: it no more exists after the dissolution of the body than it had done before its birth. Only if this fact is accepted can men rid themselves of irrational fears and achieve the state of ataraxia, freedom from mental disturbance, on which the Epicurean definition of pleasure was based. To present this case Lucretius deploys the full range of poetic and rhetorical registers, soberly prohibitive, artfully decorative or passionately emotive as best suits his argument, reinforcing it with vivid and compelling imagery. This new edition has been completely revised, with a considerably enlarged Commentary and a new supplementary introduction taking account of the great amount of new scholarship of the last forty years.

Author Biography:

E. J. Kenney is Professor Emeritus of Latin at the University of Cambridge.

Release date NZ

August 14th, 2014

Author

Lucretius

Audience

Tertiary Education (US: College)

Contributor

Edited by E J Kenney

Edition

2nd Revised edition

Illustrations

1 Line drawings, unspecified

Pages

272

Series

Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics

Dimensions

140x216x16

ISBN-13

9781107002111

Product ID

21587276

Customer reviews

Nobody has reviewed this product yet. You could be the first!

Write a Review

Marketplace listings

There are no Marketplace listings available for this product currently.
Already own it? Create a free listing and pay just 9% commission when it sells!

Sell Yours Here