The Lucretian renaissance : philology and the afterlife of tradition / Gerard Passannante.

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Passannante, Gerard [author.]

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9780226648514
0226648516
9786613321589
6613321583
1283321580
9781283321587

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PA6484.L83 P36 2011

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Contents:

Introduction; 1. Extra Destinatum; 2. The Philologist and the Epicurean; 3. Homer Atomized; 4. The Pervasive Influence; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Index.

Summary: With The Lucretian Renaissance, Gerard Passannante offers a radical rethinking of a familiar narrative: the rise of materialism in early modern Europe. Passannante begins by taking up the ancient philosophical notion that the world is composed of two fundamental opposites: atoms, as the philosopher Epicurus theorized, intrinsically unchangeable and moving about the void; and the void itself, or nothingness. Passannante considers the fact that this strain of ancient Greek philosophy survived and was transmitted to the Renaissance primarily by means of a poem that had seemingly been lost & mdash;a.

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Introduction; 1. Extra Destinatum; 2. The Philologist and the Epicurean; 3. Homer Atomized; 4. The Pervasive Influence; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Index.

With The Lucretian Renaissance, Gerard Passannante offers a radical rethinking of a familiar narrative: the rise of materialism in early modern Europe. Passannante begins by taking up the ancient philosophical notion that the world is composed of two fundamental opposites: atoms, as the philosopher Epicurus theorized, intrinsically unchangeable and moving about the void; and the void itself, or nothingness. Passannante considers the fact that this strain of ancient Greek philosophy survived and was transmitted to the Renaissance primarily by means of a poem that had seemingly been lost & mdash;a.