Editorial: Walter de Gruyter
Colección: CICERO ; 5
Número de páginas: 467 págs. 23.4 x 16.0 cm
Fecha de edición: 24-10-2022
EAN: 9783110767216
ISBN: 978-3-11-076721-6
Precio (sin IVA): 91,25 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 94,90 €
Many scholars have studied the dialogue between the Epicurean tradition and Pierre Gassendi. However, no one so far has ever attempted to conduct a full analysis of the latter’s specific reception of Lucretius. The book attempts to show that Gassendi was the first to discuss almost the whole De rerum natura, as part of an ambitious project. He sought to provide a Christianized version of Lucretius’ theory or to develop an atomistic worldview “freed” from the many dangerous errors that were often imputed to atomism (impiety, debauchery, and irrationality).