The Deleuze-Lucretius Encounter / / Ryan J. Johnson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Johnson, Ryan J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Plateaus - New Directions in Deleuze Studies : PLAT
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 1 B/W illustrations 3 B/W line art
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Abbreviations --; Introduction --; 1. Deleuze and the Adventure of Ideas --; 2. The Atomic Idea --; 3. Differentiation, Individuation, Dramatisation and Actualisation --; 4. The Encounter in Sense and Thought --; 5. Ethics in the Garden of Epicurus --; Conclusion: The Encounter --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781474416542; 9783110780444
• DOI: 10.1515/9781474416542?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Ryan J. Johnson.

Explores how Deleuze's thought was shaped by Lucretian atomism - a formative but often-ignored influence from ancient philosophyMore than any other 20th-century philosopher, Deleuze considers himself an apprentice to the history of philosophy. But scholarship has ignored one of the more formative influences on Deleuze: Lucretian atomism. Deleuze's encounter with Lucretius sparked a way of thinking that resonates throughout all his writings: from immanent ontology to affirmative ethics, from dynamic materialism to the generation of thought itself. Filling a significant gap in Deleuze Studies, Ryan J. Johnson tells the story of the Deleuze-Lucretius encounter that begins and ends with a powerful claim: Lucretian atomism produced Deleuzianism.