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Lucretius, irreligion and atheism in early-modern Venice

open access: yes, 2016
This chapter argues that, contrary to some claims for the subversiveness of the De rerum natura, the poem’s reception in Venice and Padua indicates that it was widely read by leading clergy. Close study of the Index of Prohibited Books and Inquisition and other censorship records indicates no concerns about the reading of Lucretius.
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