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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/9997
Title: Roman Epicureanism and Lucretius
Authors: Browne, Wheelwright John
Advisor: Cunningham, J.S.A.
Department: Latin
Keywords: Ancient History, Greek and Roman through Late Antiquity;Ancient History, Greek and Roman through Late Antiquity
Publication Date: Oct-1967
Abstract: <p>This thesis argues that the Epicureans did not simply repeat the ipsa dicta of Epicurus, but developed new areas of study - (e.g., logic, rhetoric) of which Epicurus did not approve. This transmuted Epicureanism influenced the Romans of the late Republic and some of its ideas appear in Lucretius' De Rerum Natura.</p> <p>Chapter 1 offers a brief historical sketch of some Epicureans of the late Republic and suggests that there was a peculiarly Roman Epicureanism as evidenced by their lives and actions. Chapter 2 discusses changes in Epicurean attitudes due to the influence of other schools, and the desire to "popularize" Epicureanism among the Romans. Chapter 3 outlines the evidence for the existence of Epicurean works in Latin other than the De Rerum Natura. Chapter 4 deals with Lucretius' debt to the early Epicureans, the later Epicureans and his Roman milieu.</p>
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/9997
Identifier: opendissertations/5068
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