Lucretius III : : A History of Motion /

Lucretius III : : A History of Motion / / Thomas Nail.

A guidebook to living in a world that’s destined to die, through a new reading of Lucretius’ De Rerum NaturaPresents a new theory of history based on movement, as opposed to time Offers a unique theory of evolutionary materialismCan be read separately or along with Lucretius I and Lucretius IIPuts L...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
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Nail, Thomas,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2022
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.) :; 43 B/W illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • A Note on the Translation and Text
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface: Death in the Time of Covid
  • Introduction: The Birth of Death
  • Book V
  • 1. Making History
  • 2. The Birth of the World
  • 3. The Death of the World
  • 4. It’s a Turbulent Whirled
  • 5. Evolutionary Materialism
  • 6. A Brief History of Language
  • 7. Eros and Civilisation
  • Book VI
  • 8. A Hymn to Ruin
  • 9. As Above, So Below
  • 10. Of Poisons and Plagues
  • Conclusion: Unmaking History
  • Afterword
  • Index

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