Epicureanism at the origins of modernity /
This landmark study examines the role played by the rediscovery of the writings of the ancient atomists, Epicurus and Lucretius, in the articulation of the major philosophical systems of the seventeenth century, and, more broadly, their influence on the evolution of natural science and moral and pol...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford : New York :
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
2008.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This landmark study examines the role played by the rediscovery of the writings of the ancient atomists, Epicurus and Lucretius, in the articulation of the major philosophical systems of the seventeenth century, and, more broadly, their influence on the evolution of natural science and moral and political philosophy. The target of sustained and trenchant philosophical criticism by Cicero, and of opprobrium by the Christian Fathers of the early Church, for its unflinching commitmentto the absence of divine supervision and the finitude of life, the Epicurean philosophy surfaced again in the peri. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 304 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-296) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191553523 0191553522 9780191716492 0191716499 0199595550 9780199595556 1281852821 9781281852823 9786611852825 6611852824 |