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Lucretius and the Modern World by Walter Ralph Johnson is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Lucretius and the Modern World about?

"Lucretius' On the Nature of Things - one of the glories of Latin literature - provides a vivid poetic exposition of the doctrines of the Greek atomist, Epicurus. The poem played a crucial role in the reinvention of science in the seventeenth century, its influence on the French Enlightenment was powerful and pervasive, and it became a major battlefield in the wars of religion with science in nineteenth-century England. But in the twentieth century, despite its vital contributions to modern thou

Who reads Lucretius and the Modern World?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Walter Ralph Johnson
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Pub. Plc
Published
2000
Language
EN
ISBN
9781472502285
Category
nonfiction
Updated
2026-03-25

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