ISBN: 9780521081429 - lucretius: de rerum natura book 3 (cambridge greek and latin classics) (8 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. DJ has been laminated and taped down to boards.; Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics; 272 pages; 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.…

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:0521081424.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. DJ has minor edgewear.; Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics; 272 pages; 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.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Very light to book else fine. DJ has minor shelfwear with 1 small tear and light edgewear. DJ is price-clipped.; Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics; 272 pages; 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.…

Zustand: Poor. Volume 3. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:0521081424. …

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. viii 255pp hardback, grey cloth gilt in wrapper wrapper rubbed with closed tear, ownership signature, (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics).

Zustand: Very Good. Envoi rapide jaquette défraîchie bords frottés (accrocs en haut) livre en bon état intérieur propre. 15x23x0cm. 1971. Cartonné jaquette. 264 pages. Very Good.

University Press, Cambridge, 1971. VIII,255p. Original grey cloth with dust wrappers. Spine gilt stamped. Name stamp J.H. Waszink on free endpaper. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. ?This work can be recommended on several counts. Kenney approaches the ?De Rerun Natura? as literature and so concerns himself both with Lucretius? philosophy and his poetry, a fact reflected everywhere in the Commentary, but especially evident in the Introduction. Here such poetic elements as tone, structure, the satiric and the rhetorical as well as the various ?styles? of Book III are given special consideration. The text is Kenney?s own and he has relied primarily on Bailey?s reports of the manuscripts. (?) the Commentary attempts to ?disentangle and follow? the argument of the book as Lucretius ?intended it to be followed?, so the notes tend to fullness, and in some cases, a necessary redundancy. (?) This is a distinguished addition to the Cambridge Greek and Latin Series and will be the standard school text of Book III of the ?De Rerum Natura? for many years to come.? (VINCENT J. CLEARY in The Classical World, 1972, p.235).…