Lucretius and the Language of Nature by Barnaby Taylor (.PDF)
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Lucretius and the Language of Nature (Oxford Classical Monographs) by Barnaby Taylor
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Overview: Lucretius’ Epicurean poem De Rerum Natura (‘On the Nature of Things’), written in the middle of the first century BC, made a fundamental and lasting contribution to the language of Latin philosophy. The style of De Rerum Natura is like nothing else in extant Latin: at once archaic and modern, Romanizing and Hellenizing, intimate and sublime, it draws on multiple literary genres and linguistic registers. This book offers a study of Lucretius’ linguistic innovation and creativity.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Faith, Beliefs & Philosophy
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