Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-216) and indexes.
Note
Print version record.
Contents
1. The Empedoclean opening -- 2. Two languages, two worlds -- 3. Lucretius the fundamentalist -- 4. Epicurus, On nature -- 5. Lucretius' plan and its execution -- 6. The imprint of Theophrastus -- 7. The transformation of book I.