Lucretius on death and anxiety : poetry and philosophy in De Rerum Natura /
"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 tranqu...
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
[2014]
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| Series: | Princeton legacy library.
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Table of Contents:
- Lucretius's Adequacy to the Fear of Death: Logic, Poetry, and Emotion
- Atoms, Bodies, and Individuals: Death in Epicurus and Lucretius
- The Wind-Scattered Soul
- Nothingness and Eternity: The Fear of the Infinite
- The World's Body and the Human Body: Walls, Boundaries, and Mortality
- The Violation of Corporeal Boundaries, 1
- The Violation of Corporeal Boundaries, 2
- Generals, Poets, and Philosophers: Death in the Perspective of Time and Eternity
- War, Death, and Civilization: The End of Book 5
- The Plague Reconsidered: Progress, Poet, and Philosopher
- The Fear of Death and the Good Life
- Selected Bibliography
- Index of Passages
- General Index.
