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  1. Lucretius on death and anxiety
    poetry and philosophy in De rerum natura
    Author: Segal, Charles
    Published: [1990]
    Publisher:  Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey ; JSTOR, New York, NY

    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... more

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    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 tranquillity, confronts two anxieties about death not addressed in Epicurus's abstract treatment--the fear of the process of dying and the fear of nothingness. Lucretius, Segal argues, deals more specifically with the body in dying because he draws on the Roman concern with corporeality as well as on the rich traditions of epic and tragic poetry on mortality. Segal explains how Lucretius's sensitivity to the vulnerability of the body's boundaries connects the deaths of individuals with the deaths of worlds, thereby placing human death into the poem's larger context of creative and destructive energies in the universe. The controversial ending of the poem, which describes the plague at Athens, is thus the natural culmination of a theme developed over the course of the work. Originally published in 1990. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781400861293; 1400861292
    RVK Categories: FX 164005 ; CD 5777
    Series: Princeton legacy library
    Subjects: Rezeption; Todesangst; Tod; Philosophie; Todesangst <Motiv>; Tod <Motiv>
    Other subjects: Lucretius Carus, Titus (v94-v55): De rerum natura
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-251) and indexes
  2. Lucretius on death and anxiety
    poetry and philosophy in De Rerum Natura
    Author: Segal, Charles
    Published: 1990
    Publisher:  Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey

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    Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0691068267; 0691601879; 1400861292; 9780691068268; 9780691601878; 9781400861293
    Series: Princeton legacy library
    Subjects: Anxiety; Death
    Other subjects: Lucretius Carus, Titus: De rerum natura
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (292 pages)
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-251) and indexes