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Lucretius: De Rerum Natura III

with an introduction, translation and commentary by Michael Brown

Lucretius' poem, for which Epicurean philosophy provided the inspiration, attempts to explain the nature of the universe and its processes with the object of freeing mankind from religious fears. The third book not only seeks to demonstrate that, since the soul is mortal, there can be no after-life, but also aims to reconcile the reader to the prospect of the end of his consciousness. This edition incorporates a new text and prose translation and is designed to set the book in the context of the whole poem and of the Epicurean philosophical system, to explain and elucidate its argument, and at the same time to analyse some of the literary and artistic features which contribute to Lucretius' poetic achievement and stature. Latin text with facing page translation. 240p (Aris and Phillips 1997)

Table of contents

Preface
Introduction
Parallel Latin Text and English Translation
Commentary
Select Bibliography
Index

Biographical Note

P. Michael Brown was a former lecturer and Honorary Research fellow of the Department of Classics, University of Glasgow. He is editor of Horace Satires I in this series and has also edited Lucretius I.

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