Description: Further DetailsTitle: Lucretius ICondition: NewEAN: 9781474434676ISBN: 9781474434676Publisher: Edinburgh University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 02/28/2018Item Height: 216mmItem Length: 138mmAuthor: Thomas NailLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: An Ontology of MotionDescription: The most original and shocking interpretation of Lucretius in the last 40 yearsThomas Nail argues convincingly and systematically that Lucretius was not an atomist, but a thinker of kinetic flux. In doing so, he completely overthrows the interpretive foundations of modern scientific materialism, whose philosophical origins lie in the atomic reading of Lucretius' immensely influential book 'De Rerum Natura'.This means that Lucretius was not the revolutionary harbinger of modern science as Greenblatt and others have argued; he was its greatest victim. Nail re-reads 'De Rerum Natura' to offer us a new Lucretius a Lucretius for today.Key FeaturesA new materialist, quantum and feminist interpretation of LucretiusArgues the original and provocative thesis that Lucretius was not an atomist but rather the first philosopher of motionThe most profound revision of how we read Lucretius since Michel Serres' 'The Birth of Physics' (1977)Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityTopic: History, Ancient History, Literary CriticismRelease Year: 2018 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Lucretius I
Title: Lucretius I
EAN: 9781474434676
ISBN: 9781474434676
Release Date: 02/28/2018
Release Year: 2018
Subtitle: An Ontology of Motion
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Topic: Literary Criticism
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Lucretius I : an Ontology of Motion
Publisher: Edinburgh Tea & Coffee Company University Press
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2018
Subject: Individual Philosophers, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Metaphysics
Item Weight: 10.3 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Philosophy
Author: Thomas Nail
Item Length: 5.4 in
Item Width: 8.4 in
Format: Trade Paperback
