| Description |
1 online resource (x, 176 pages) |
| Series |
Mnemosyne. Supplements, 0169-8958 ; volume 294 |
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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 294.
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| Contents |
Introduction. From Epicurus To Lucretius -- Ch. 1. Epas and Physis -- Epicurean Education and Traditional Education -- Hellenistic Literary Education -- Epicurean Education -- Lucretius as a Teacher -- DRN as an Educational Poem -- The Aim of DRN -- Ch. 2. A Linear Universe -- The Poem -- Individual Books -- Argumentative Sections -- The Organizational Principles of DRN -- Ch. 3. Arguments and Ornaments -- Arguments from Analogy -- Arguments from Contradiction -- Arguments from Etymology -- Arguments from Definition -- Arguments from Cause and Effect -- Arguments from Comparison -- Loci and the Composition of DRN -- Outlook. The Rhetoric of Explanation in DRN |
| Summary |
Alleged incompatibility of Epicurus' philosophy with rhetoric has led modern scholars to isolate rhetorical procedures in Lucretius' "De Rerum Natura" and regard them as non-Epicurean, accessory features. This study of Lucretius' rhetorical procedures is based on a wider understanding of the term rhetoric, not limited to the genre of oratory. In a fresh discussion of the questions of provenance and the role of the most important formal procedures of exposition in "De Rerum Natura" the author argues that instead of injecting rhetorical strategies from non-Epicurean sources |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-162) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Lucretius Carus, Titus. De rerum natura
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Lucretius Carus, Titus. De rerum natura -- Criticism, Textual
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| SUBJECT |
Lucretius Carus, Titus v94-v55 De rerum natura gnd |
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Lucretius Carus, Titus, c:a 95 f.Kr.-55 f.Kr. De rerum natura -- textkritik. sao |
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Lucretius Carus, Titus. swd |
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De rerum natura (Lucretius Carus, Titus) fast |
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De rerum natura. swd |
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Rhetoric, Ancient -- History and criticism
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Didactic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism
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Philosophy, Ancient, in literature.
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POETRY -- Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
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Didactic poetry, Latin
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Philosophy, Ancient, in literature
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Rhetoric, Ancient
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Argumentationstheorie
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Lehrdichtung
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De rerum natura (Lucretius)
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Retorica.
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Latijn.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789047433668 |
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9047433661 |
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