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The return of Lucretius’ De rerum natura in 1417 promoted an increasing recovery of ancient medical theories related to the atomistic philosophy in Renaissance Italy. Since Girolamo Fracastoro used Lucretian concept of semina rerum to explain the spread
ANDREA CECCARELLI
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The Epicurean Parasite: Horace, Satires 1.1-3 [PDF]
We have learned a great deal in recent years about reading Horace\u27s satires; there is now widespread agreement that the speaker of the satires is himself a character within them, a persona.
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Riesame dell’iscrizione di Roma CIL, VI 21521 = 34137 (CLE 1109) sotto il profilo epigrafico, letterario e metrico; il testo, seppur non privo di una sua originalità, sembra attingere a un ricco serbatoio di riferimenti poetici, che spaziano da Lucrezio,
Gianmarco Bianchini +2 more
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THE PHENOMENON OF “SIMULACRUM” IN THE WORKS OF TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS
Purpose. We are going to analyze the understanding of simulacra in the works of the ancient philosopher Titus Lucretius Carus, to determine the features of the phenomenon of "simulacrum" in his paper "On the Nature of Things". Results and discussion. The
Mariia A. Oleshchenko
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Cogenza e contemporaneità dell’etica epicurea a partire da una recente raccolta di studi
The following critical note aims at highlighting the liveliness and depth of three crucial thesis of Epicurean Ethics, by drawing on a recent publication, edited by Enrico Piergiacomi, of a selection of essays by Phillip Mitsis, A. S.
Chiara Rover
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It seems that people typically prefer dying later to dying earlier. It also seems that people typically do not prefer having been created earlier to having been created later.
Michael Rabenberg
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Apocalypses and the Sage. Different Endings of the World in Seneca [PDF]
This paper deals with apocalypse, intended as a revelation or prediction related to the end of the world, in Seneca’s prose work. The descriptions and readings of this event appear to be quite different from each other. My analysis will
Berno, FRANCESCA ROMANA
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Il passer epicureo: Lucrezio nei carmi 2 e 3 di Catullo
The aim of this article is to demonstrate that the passer in Catullus’ cc. 2 and 3 is a symbol for the epicurean poet Lucretius. In c. 2 Catullus describes Lucretius’ bond with the epicurean sapientia (the puella) and hopes for himself to achieve peace ...
Nicola Piacenza
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The Modern Import of Lucretius’s Sublime
Lucretius’ 1st century B.C. poem De rerum natura was immensely influential in the genesis of the notion of the sublime in 18th centuryEurope. This influence tends to be eclipsed by that of Longinus and his essay “On the Sublime”, translated by Boileau in
Jonathan Pollock
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This article will examine how and to what extent the ancient tradition of the didactic poem exerts an influence on contemporary German nature poetry. It will focus in particular on Raoul Schrott’s „Tropen“ and Marion Poschmann’s „Geliehene Landschaften“,
Lorella Bosco
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