Lucretius and the Memes of Prehistory [PDF]
, 2002 This paper examine Lucretius' use of myth and poetry, focussing on the prehistory in DRN 5.925-1457, and advances the argument that Richard Dawkins' theory of memes or "viruses of the mind" may be a useful heuristic tool.
Campbell, Gordon
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The rise of hierarchy and modularity in biological networks explained by empedocles' double tale ∼2,400 years before darwin and systems biology. [PDF]
Front Genet, 2022 Caetano-Anollés G, Janko R.
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Lovers in Arms: Empedoclean Love and Strife in Lucretius and the Elegists
Dictynna, 2014 This article argues that Lucretius’ ‘tableau’ of Mars and Venus at the opening of the De rerum natura (DRN 1.29-43) imparts to elegy’s fixation with love and war a quasi-Empedoclean outlook on the creative and destructive forces that regulate the world ...
Donncha O’Rourke
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The influence of Lucretius' De rerum natura on Alexander Pope's An essay on man
, 1980 The Influence of Lucretius' De Rertun Natura and of its English translations by Thomas Creech and John Dryden on Alexander Pope's Essay on Man has not previously been adequately explored.
Voss, Annemarie
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The Proems of Empedocles and Lucretius
Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 2005 [site under construction]
David Sedley
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Towards more balanced representation in Lancet Commissions. [PDF]
Lancet, 2020 Hetzel MW, Bonfoh B.
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ROAMing in mutable voids: Polymer free volumes from wobbling vibrational probes. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2020 Castner EW.
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Aggressive Mimicry and the Evolution of the Human Cognitive Niche. [PDF]
Hum Nat, 2023 Moser C, Buckner W, Sarian M, Winking J.
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The Use of Wooden Clubs and Throwing Sticks among Recent Foragers : Cross-Cultural Survey and Implications for Research on Prehistoric Weaponry. [PDF]
Hum Nat, 2023 Hrnčíř V.
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Back to the future: Covid-19 and the recurring debate over social determinants of disease, and health. [PDF]
Soc Sci Humanit Open, 2022 Koch T.
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