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Sozomena : Lucretius and His Sources : A Study of Lucretius, "De rerum natura" I 635-920 by Lucretius Carus, Titus; Montarese, Francesco; Epicurus is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>This book discusses Lucretius’ refutation of Heraclitus, Empedocles, Anaxagoras and other, unnamed thinkers in De Rerum Natura 1, 635-920. Chapter 1 argues that in DRN I 635-920 Lucretius was following an Epicurean source, which in turn depended on Theophrastean doxography. Chapter 2 shows that books 14 and 15 of Epicurus’ On Nature were not Lucretius’ source-text. Chapter 3 discusses how lines 635-920 fit in the structure of book 1 and whether Lucretius’ source is more likely to have been Ep

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Author
Lucretius Carus, Titus; Montarese, Francesco; Epicurus
Publisher
de Gruyter GmbH, Walter
Published
2012
Language
EN
ISBN
9783111731247
Category
philosophy
Subjects
History, Nature, Literary Fiction
Updated
2026-03-25

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