Lucretius
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23249166 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gordon Lindsay Campbell (National University of Ireland, Maynooth, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Publication date | 2011-05-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Theophrastus' Characters (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressNew York, NY (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/obo/9780195389661-0034 |
| OpenAlex | W4251109985 |
| ISBN | 9780195389661 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 78 |
Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus, b. c. 94–d. c. 55 or 51 bce) was one of the most important Latin poets of Antiquity. He was a predecessor of Virgil, who was profoundly influenced by him. His only known work is his poem De rerum natura (On the nature of the universe, or On the nature of things; frequently referred to as DRN), a didactic work of six books in epic hexameter verse in which he expounds the philosophical system of Epicurus. Lucretius has been an important source for Epicureanism and has been profoundly influential on progressive thinking from Antiquity to the modern world. Often accused of atheism, Lucretius was in fact a deeply religious poet who strove to combat what he saw as the religious errors of his day, to convince his readers that they should not fear the gods or fear death. If they can free themselves from these fears, Lucretius tells them, there is nothing to prevent them from living a life equal to that of the gods.
Art · Atheism · EPIC · Epicureanism · Epistemology · Literature · Nothing · Poetry · Theology · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Classics · Philosophy
The Greek Cosmologists
Didaxis, Rhetoric, and the Law in Lucretius
The Rhetoric of Explanation in Lucretius’ De rerum natura
Democritus and Lucretius on death and dying
The Poetic Logic of Negative Exceptionalism in Lucretius, Book Five
Epicurus and the problem of private language
The Cambridge Companion to Lucretius
Epicurus and his predecessors on the origin of language
Lucretius and the Transformation of Greek Wisdom
Language and Learning
Lucrèce et les sciences de la vie
The Political Epistemology of Infinity
Lucretius and previous poetic traditions
The Early Textual History of Lucretius' De rerum natura
Daedala Lingua
Epicurus and Cosmological Heresies
Epicurus on the Growth and Decline of the Cosmos
From Epos to Cosmos
Lucretius and Ovid on Empedoclean Cows and Sheep
Lucretius, Epicurus, and Prehistory
The Cambridge Companion to Epicureanism
Two Plagues
Lucretius and Politics
Lucretius on the Cycle of Life and the Fear of Death
Lucretius on Death and Anxiety
Laughing Atoms, Laughing Matter
Lucretius and Greek philosophy
Lucretius on what language is not
The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life
Epicurean and Stoic political thought
Epicurus' theological innatism
Lucretius and the Epicurean Tradition of Piety
Lucretian texture
Lucretius and Roman politics and history
The Language of Atoms
Lucretius and the Diatribe against the Fear of Death
Facing Death
Piety, Labour, and Justice in Lucretius and Hesiod
Pattern of Sound and Atomistic Theory in Lucretius
How to Read Poetry about Gods
Epicurean Poetics
Titi Lucreti Cari De Rerum Natura Libri Sex
Personification and the Feminine in Roman Philosophy
Rethinking Reality
Lucretius, Symmetry arguments, and fearing death
Variations on Themes From Empedocles in Lucretius' Proem
Lucretius on the Divine
Doctvs Lvcretivs
The Alexandrian Footnote in Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura
"Lucretius' Cure for Love in the "De Rerum Natura
A Bibliography of Work on Lucretius, 1945-1972
The speech of nature in Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura 3.931–71
Lucretius' Prayer for Peace and the Date of De Rerum Natura
Epicurus and Lucretius on the Origins of Language
The Date of De Rerum Natura
Man and Beast in Lucretius and the Georgics
Ancient atomists on the plurality of worlds
The poetics of Latin didactic
Lucretius and the Stoics
Lucretius' New World Order
Lucretius and the Late Republic
Lucretius, Cybele, and Religion
"The Didactic Unity and Emotional Import of Book 6 of "de Rerum Natura
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,27 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2020 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |