The Return of Lucretius to Renaissance Florence

by Alison Brown and Alison Brown

In this first comprehensive study of the effect of Lucretius's De rerum natura on Florentine thought in the Renaissance, Alison Brown demonstrates how Lucretius was used by Florentine thinkers--earlier and more widely than has been supposed--to provide a radical critique of prevailing orthodoxies.

To answer the question of why ordinary Florentines were drawn to this recently discovered text, despite its threat to orthodox Christian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674050320
• ISBN13: 9780674050327
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.3"