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gebondenNederlands612 blz.9789065544247
2e druk
11-3-2014
De Romeinse dichter LUCRETIUS (99-55 vC), die zo hartstochtelijk het voortleven na de dood ontkende, leeft nog steeds voort door zijn geesteskind: het leerdicht DE NATUUR VAN DE DINGEN. Meer
gebondenNederlands272 blz.9789463403245
14-4-2022
Vertaling: Marguerite Prakke
Ruim tweeduizend jaar geleden schreef Titus Lucretius Carus het leerdicht De Rerum Natura, Over de Natuur van de Dingen, waarmee hij de filosofie van de Griekse wijsgeer Epicurus onder de aandacht van het Romeinse publiek wilde brengen. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781107437562
9-10-2014
Originally published in 1937, this book contains an English translation of Lucretius' De rerum natura by R. C. Trevelyan. The text is accompanied by critical notes and footnotes explaining certain Classical references. Meer
gebondenEngels480 blz.9780141396903
24-9-2024
Combines a scientific and philosophical treatise with some of the greatest poetry. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780140447965
26-7-2007
A poem that demonstrates to humanity that in death there is nothing to fear since the soul is mortal, and the world and everything in it is governed by the mechanical laws of nature and not by gods; and that by believing this men can live in peace of mind and happiness. Meer
GebondenEngels9780199243587
28-3-2002
Lucretius' theory of atomic motion is one of the most difficult and technical parts of De rerum natura, and, for that reason, has hitherto been neglected by commentators. Meer
GebondenEngels9780199605408
9-5-2013
Lucretius' didactic masterpiece De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things) is one of the most brilliant and powerful poems in the Latin language, a passionate attempt at dispelling humanity's fear of death and its enslavement by false beliefs about the gods, and a detailed exposition of Epicurean atomist physics. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780521612661
18-10-2007
Lucretius' didactic poem De rerum natura ('On the Nature of Things') is an impassioned and visionary presentation of the materialist philosophy of Epicurus, and one of the most powerful poetic texts of antiquity. Meer
GebondenEngels9781009242318
25-5-2023
The first book-length study of sexuality and gender in De rerum natura. Argues that the understanding of the universe it presents represents an unremitting assault upon the fictions that comprise Roman masculinity. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781009242325
18-9-2025
The first book-length study of sexuality and gender in De rerum natura. Argues that the understanding of the universe it presents represents an unremitting assault upon the fictions that comprise Roman masculinity. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781107621183
22-8-2013
Originally published as part of the Pitt Press Series in 1937, this book provides an overview of Lucretius' philosophical poem 'De rerum natura' intended to clarify the poem's overarching themes to a first-time reader. Meer
GebondenEngels9781107002111
14-8-2014
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'. Meer
GebondenEngels9781108421966
16-7-2020
Both in antiquity and ever since the Renaissance Lucretius' De Rerum Natura has been admired – and condemned – for its startling poetry, its evangelical faith in materialist causation, and its seductive advocacy of the Epicurean good life. Meer
GebondenEngels9781107037458
17-10-2013
This is the first detailed analysis of the fate of Lucretius' De rerum natura from its composition in the 50s BC to the creation of our earliest extant manuscripts during the Carolingian Age. Meer