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Segal, Charles

LUCRETIUS ON DEATH AND ANXIETY Poetry and Philosophy in De Rerum Natura Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket

Princeton University Press, 1990

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Anno di pubblicazione
1990
Autore
Segal, Charles
Editori
Princeton University Press
Soggetto
Lucretius Philosophers And Philosophy Poetry & Poets Latin, Literature
Descrizione
Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
Descrizione
Hardcover ISBN 0691068267

Descrizione

Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). Else book is fine. DJ has very faint shelfwear. ; In a fresh interpretation of Lucretius's On the Nature of Things, Charles Segal reveals this great poetical account of Epicurean philosophy as an important and profound document for the history of Western attitudes toward death. He shows that this poem, aimed at promoting spiritual tranquillity, confronts two anxieties about death not addressed in Epicurus's abstract treatment--the fear of the process of dying and the fear of nothingness. Lucretius, Segal argues, deals more specifically with the body in dying because he draws on the Roman concern with corporeality as well as on the rich traditions of epic and tragic poetry on mortality. ; Princeton Legacy Library; 291 pages