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PublisherHackett Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-100872205878
ISBN-139780872205871
eBay Product ID (ePID)1898125
Product Key Features
Edition2
Book TitleOn the Nature of Things
Number of Pages264 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2001
TopicHistory & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, General
GenrePhilosophy, Poetry
AuthorLucretius
Book SeriesHackett Classics Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height5.5 in
Item Weight8 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width0.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2001-026403
Reviews"In Smith's translation, the annotations are particularly helpful providing a wealth of supplementary information..." -- Practical Philosophy, Spring 2003., The translation is accurate, clear, readable, and vigorous. The introduction is excellent. It provides the basic information to the non-specialist reader without overburdening him or her with excessive details. The background on what is known of Lucretius' life, contemporary events, and Epicureanism is all very helpful. Smith has incorporated the most recent research, including the new discoveries of Epicurean materials from Herculaneum. --Charles Segal, Harvard University, Martin Ferguson Smith has for many years been one of the leading Lucretian scholars in the world. . . . We should expect from the beginning then that we are in the hands of a wise and learned guide as soon as we open his Lucretius, and this expectation is certainly borne out by the quality of this sensitive and thoughtful edition. . . . The Introduction . . . is excellent. Smith outlines in a highly accessible manner what little is known of Lucretius' life and times, the poem's position and status in the Epic and Didactic tradition, and the philosophy of Epicurus that Lucretius puts forward, but also manages to include some of the most up to date research, including recent scholarship on the Herculaneum papyri. . . . But of course, the translation is the most important part of the work . . . [and] it is streets ahead of the competition. . . . I can recommend this book unreservedly. --Gordon Campbell, Hermathena, For anyone concerned to understand the Epicurean philosophical tradition from the inside, the republication, in an updated version, of Martin Ferguson Smith's little-known translation of Lucretius is welcome news. Meticulous, judicious and reader-friendly in equal measure, it embodies the fruits of a lifetime's study of Lucretius' poetic masterpiece. --David Sedley, Christ's College, University of Cambridge
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal187
Edition DescriptionReprint,Revised edition
SynopsisMartin Ferguson Smith's work on Lucretius is both well known and highly regarded. However, his 1969 translation of De Rerum Natura --long out of print--is virtually unknown. Readers will share our excitement in the discovery of this accurate and fluent prose rendering. For this edition, Professor Smith provides a revised translation, new Introduction, headnotes and bibliography.
LC Classification NumberPA6483.E5S6 2001
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