Lucretius III: A History of Motion

by Thomas Nail

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For Lucretius, history means something surprisingly different than we ordinarily think. Instead of thinking of history in terms of time, he thought of it in terms of motion. This book unpacks the implications of this unique kinetic philosophy of history. In the final volume of his trilogy on Lucretius, Thomas Nail argues that in books five and six of De Rerum Natura, Lucretius described a world born to die - long before humans theorised about thermodynamics...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1474464246

ISBN13:9781474464246

Release Date:February 2022

Publisher:Edinburgh University Press

Length:232 Pages

Weight:0.65 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.3" x 8.4"

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