Epicureanism at the Origins of Modernity

by Catherine Wilson

Book Overview

This landmark study examines the role played by the rediscovery of the writings of the ancient atomists, Epicurus and Lucretius, in the articulation of the major philosophical systems of the seventeenth century, and, more broadly, their influence on the evolution of natural science and moral and political philosophy. The target of sustained and trenchant philosophical criticism by Cicero, and of opprobrium by the Christian Fathers of the early Church,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199595550
• ISBN13: 9780199595556
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"