CONTENTS
Preface
Bibliography & Abbreviations
INTRODUCTION
PARALLEL LATIN TEXT AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION
COMMENTARY
Book IV of Lucretius' great philosophical poem deals mainly
with the psychology of sensation ad thought. The heart of this
book is a new text, incorporating the latest scholarship on the
text of Lucretius, with a clear prose facing translation. The
commentary concentrates on the thought of the text (relating it
to other philosophers beside Epicurus) and the poetry of the Latin,
placing the text in relation to Roman literature in general, and
attempting to demonstrate the poetic genius of Lucretius. The
introduction deals with the didactic tradition in ancient literature
and Lucretius' place in it, the structure of De Rerum Natura,
the salient features of the philosophy of Epicurus and the transmission
of the text.
J. Godwin is the head of classics at Shrewsbury School and the editor of Lucretius De Rerum Natura VI in this series.
182pp (1987) cl 308 6 £35 / $59.99, pb 309 4 £13.25 / $22
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