The De Rerum Natura of Lucretius is a sustained and impassioned protest against religious superstition and irrationality. The poem takes the form of a detailed exposition of Epicurean physical theory - an extreme materialism designed to remove and discredit popular fears of the gods, death and an afterlife. Book III is generally accepted to be the finest in the whole poem; Lucretius argues there that the soul is as mortal as the body and shows that human response to the fact of mortality and death can be at once rational, dignified and liberating. Professor Kenney's commentary is the first to give proper critical emphasis to the techniques and intentions of Lucretius' poetry; it can be read with profit by all students of Latin from senior school level upwards.
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'This is a thoroughly professional commentary, long overdue, certainly the soundest available guide for anyone beginning to read Lucretius, and all written with a brevity that comes near to wit.' David West, Journal of Roman Studies
'The result ... is excitingly successful ... Somehow [the editor] has managed ... to talk about the important matters, to ask the right questions, to admit uncertainty, and to elucidate the purport of individual paragraphs and yet not to lose sight of their particular function within the Book as a whole.' J. P. Elder, American Journal of Philosophy
'Für die grammatisch-stilistische Einzelerklärung ist K.s Kommentar vorzüglich; hier leistet er nicht selten Besseres als Bailey. Dem mit L.'Sprache unvertrauten Anfänger wird er ein nützlicher Helfer sein; die Mittel und die Kunst der Darstellung ... werden sachkundig erläutert.' Konrad Müller, Gnomon
'The result ... is excitingly successful ... Somehow [the editor] has managed ... to talk about the important matters, to ask the right questions, to admit uncertainty, and to elucidate the purport of individual paragraphs and yet not to lose sight of their particular function within the Book as a whole.' J. P. Elder, American Journal of Philosophy
'Für die grammatisch-stilistische Einzelerklärung ist K.s Kommentar vorzüglich; hier leistet er nicht selten Besseres als Bailey. Dem mit L.'Sprache unvertrauten Anfänger wird er ein nützlicher Helfer sein; die Mittel und die Kunst der Darstellung ... werden sachkundig erläutert.' Konrad Müller, Gnomon
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The De Rerum Natura of Lucretius is a sustained and impassioned protest against religious superstition and irrationality. The poem takes the form of a detailed exposition of Epicurean physical theory - an extreme materialism designed to remove and discredit popular fears of the gods, death and an afterlife.
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O TENEBRIS tantis tam clarum extollere lumen qui primus potuisti inlustrans commoda uitae, to sequor, o Graiae gentis decus, inque tuis nunc ficta pedum pono pressis uestigia signis, non ita certandi cupidus quam propter amorem quod te imitari aueo: quid enim contendat hirundo cycnis, aut quidnam tremulis facere artubus haedi consimile in cursu possint et fortis equi uis? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
animaeque potestas, anima atque animus, didactic epos, causa salutis, metrical convenience, corpore toto, quod genus, easy correction, unusual rhythm, transmitted text, second foot Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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O TENEBRIS tantis tam clarum extollere lumen qui primus potuisti inlustrans commoda uitae, to sequor, o Graiae gentis decus, inque tuis nunc ficta pedum pono pressis uestigia signis, non ita certandi cupidus quam propter amorem quod te imitari aueo: quid enim contendat hirundo cycnis, aut quidnam tremulis facere artubus haedi consimile in cursu possint et fortis equi uis? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
animaeque potestas, anima atque animus, didactic epos, causa salutis, metrical convenience, corpore toto, quod genus, easy correction, unusual rhythm, transmitted text, second foot Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Syntax of Plautus (BCP Advanced Greek & Latin Language) by W.M. Lindsay on page 91, and page 213
- Satires of Horace (Bristol Classical Paperbacks) by Niall Rudd on page 84, and page 238
- Vox Latina: A Guide to the Pronunciation of Classical Latin by W. Sidney Allen on page 197
- The Homeric Hymn to Demeter by N. J. Richardson in Back Matter
- On Nature by Lucretius in Front Matter
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