Pamela Zinn
Biographic Data
| ID | 5921634 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pamela Zinn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pamela |
| FAMILY NAME | Zinn |
| SIGNATURE | ZINN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Lucretius and the Salty Taste of Sea Air
This article treats the sense of taste in Epicurean thought through the evidence in Lucretius’ De rerum natura. It reconstructs Lucretius’ account of what taste is and how it works, with a view to explaining instances like the taste of salt by the seaside, where we seem to taste at a distance. I argue that such instances are not exceptions, but examples that reveal more about the processes behind them. When analyzed in conjunction with the physio…
Lucretius On Time and Its Perception
This paper analyzes the ontology and epistemology of time in Lucretius’ De rerum natura. It uses the physiology of perception as well as epistemology to shed new light on the metaphysics. It presents an exegesis-based interpretation of the nature of time and of its perception, both arguing for and refining this interpretation by showing its explanatory power. The paper shows that Lucretius represents the perception of time or sensus temporis as a…
Poems
Cristoforo Landino. Poems. Trans., Mary P. Chatfield. The I Tatti Renaissance Library 35.Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2008. xxv + 398 pp. index. append. bibl. $29.95. ISBN: 978–0–674–03148–7. - Volume 62 Issue 4
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Poems
Cristoforo Landino. Poems. Trans., Mary P. Chatfield. The I Tatti Renaissance Library 35.Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2008. xxv + 398 pp. index. append. bibl. $29.95. ISBN: 978–0–674–03148–7. - Volume 62 Issue 4
Lucretius On Time and Its Perception
This paper analyzes the ontology and epistemology of time in Lucretius’ De rerum natura. It uses the physiology of perception as well as epistemology to shed new light on the metaphysics. It presents an exegesis-based interpretation of the nature of time and of its perception, both arguing for and refining this interpretation by showing its explanatory power. The paper shows that Lucretius represents the perception of time or sensus temporis as a…
Lucretius and the Salty Taste of Sea Air
This article treats the sense of taste in Epicurean thought through the evidence in Lucretius’ De rerum natura. It reconstructs Lucretius’ account of what taste is and how it works, with a view to explaining instances like the taste of salt by the seaside, where we seem to taste at a distance. I argue that such instances are not exceptions, but examples that reveal more about the processes behind them. When analyzed in conjunction with the physio…
Classical Philosophy and Thought (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Historical Philosophy and Science (2 works) · Perception (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Append (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Augustinian Studies and Theology (1 work)