TY - BOOK AU - Sedley,David N. TI - Lucretius and the Transformation of Greek Wisdom T2 - eBooks on Demand SN - 9780511053603 AV - PA6484 .S43 1998eb U1 - 187 PY - 1998/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Didactic poetry, Latin KW - Latin poetry KW - Latin poetry - Greek influences KW - Lucretius Carus, Titus KW - Philosophy, Ancient, in literature KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 The Empedoclean opening; CHAPTER 2 Two languages, two worlds; CHAPTER 3 Lucretius the fundamentalist; CHAPTER 4 Epicurus, On nature; CHAPTER 5 Lucretius' plan and its execution; CHAPTER 6 The imprint of Theophrastus; CHAPTER 7 The transformation of book I; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index locorum; General index; Index of modern scholars N2 - This book studies the structure and origins of De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things), the great first-century BC poem by Lucretius UR - http://uttyler.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=201469 ER -