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This book investigates the influence of Epicurean physics on the argument developed in Machiavelli’s Discourses on Livy. Towards this end, the full philosophical history and origins of atomist philosophy are investigated during the first three chapters. Plato’s critique of the atomist philosophy, from his dialogue the Parmenides, is a part of that investigation. In fact, Plato provides a refutation of the atomist philosophy in the Parmenides. A significant amount of scholarship has been accompli

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Author

ROBERT J.ROECKLEIN, Roecklein, Robert J., Robert J. Roecklein

Publisher

Lexington Books/Fortress Academic

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780739177105

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Philosophy, Science, History

Updated

2026-03-25