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The Birthing of Things: Bergson as a Reader of Lucretius
Footprint, 2014 I examine, in this short paper, the work of Henri Bergson on Lucretius first published in 1884, and argue for its vital significance in understanding the development of his philosophical thinking.
Patrick Healy
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What does it mean to be a post‐Newtonian? Schelling on competing scientific models
The Southern Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract While Schelling's position has often been portrayed as highly critical of Newton, his discussion of Newton's theories has never been thoroughly studied. The goal of this paper is to analyze in more detail the relationship between Schelling and Newton, with an eye toward the fundamental question that guides Schelling: how can conflicts between ...
Raphaël Authier
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Titus Lucretius Carus ; tradotti dal latino in italiano da Alessandro MarchettiBd. 1: [1] Bl., Frontispiz, [3] Bl., 243 S., [1] Bl., 3 Taf. ; Bd. 2: [1] Bl., Frontispiz, [1] Bl., S.
Lucretius Carus, Titus
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Descartes's Eudaimonism: The Virtuously Content Life
Theoria, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines René Descartes's engagement with the ethical tradition of eudaimonism, which considers happiness or flourishing (eudaimonia) the highest good. On the one hand, Descartes can be read as an eudaimonist because he is in rich dialogue with certain ancient thinkers (e.g., Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus and the Stoics) and shares ...
Brandon Smith
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Forme et valeur de la théorie des miroirs chez Lucrèce (De rerum natura, IV, 269-323)
Aitia, 2020 While focusing on the specific topic of mirror images, Lucretius defends the Epicurean idea of the truth of all sensations and the importance of an education of the mind through the reasoning process of the Epicurean school.
Samuel Dumont
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Powers That Be: An Adventure in Metaphysics
Philosophical Investigations, Volume 49, Issue 4, Page 343-348, October 2026.ABSTRACT This paper is an investigation into the increasingly popular trend amongst philosophers on the metaphysics of powers, exemplified by the statement: ‘To be real is to possess a power to affect (or to be affected by) other things’. First, I briefly trace the history of this idea (from the Eleatic dialectic of ancient times to present day quantum
David Rozema
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Lucretius in the Greco-roman didactic tradition [PDF]
, 1976 This dissertation aims to assess the importance of tradition and origality in Lucretius»s didactic technique, including the part played by "poetry" in its success?
Lloyd, James
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The Kinetic Materialism of ‘Close Capitalism’: Exploiting and Shaping Health and Wellbeing
Geography Compass, Volume 20, Issue 9, September 2026.ABSTRACT This paper considers health geography's past engagements with capitalism and proposes a basis for future ones. Looking back, it notes a number of implicit, indirect and partial engagements in five core research pillars of the subdiscipline. Looking forward, it then makes a case for a more explicit, direct and full engagement with capitalism ...
Gavin J. Andrews, Cameron Duff
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Ciceroniana On Line, 2020 This contribution suggests the hypothesis of a rather late dating, in the context of the Epicurean tradition, of the anti-sceptical dispute conducted by Lucretius in the fourth book of his poem (spec. vv. 469-521). To this end, some parallels between the
Chiara Rover, CR
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Anselm's Temporal‐Ontological Proof
Noûs, Volume 60, Issue 3, Page 645-660, September 2026.ABSTRACT In his Reply to Gaunilo, Anselm presented two additional arguments for the existence of God beyond those that appear in the Proslogion. In “The Logical Structure of Anselm's Argument,” Robert M. Adams isolates each. One, he develops into a modal ontological argument along the lines of other 20th century ontological arguments (e.g., those of ...
Daniel Rubio
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