Lucretius on Creation and Evolution: Book 5 Lines 772-1104: A Commentary on De Rerum Natura (Oxford Classical Monographs) (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 72 hours | |Short Description for Lucretius on Creation and Evolution: Book 5 Lines 772-1104 Lucretius' account of the origin of life, the origin of species, and human prehistory (first century BC) is the longest and most detailed account extant from the ancient world. This commentary seeks to locate Lucretius in both the ancient and modern contexts.
Full description- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Published: 29 January 2004
- Format: Hardback 400 pages
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- Categories: Literary Essays | Anthologies (non-poetry) | Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval | History Of Ideas | Philosophy Of Science | Evolution | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Western Philosophy: Ancient, To C 500
- ISBN 13: 9780199263967 ISBN 10: 0199263965
- Sales rank: 1,254,550
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Full description for Lucretius on Creation and Evolution: Book 5 Lines 772-1104
Lucretius' account of the origin of life, the origin of species, and human prehistory is the longest and most detailed account extant from the ancient world. It gives an anti-teleological mechanistic theory of zoogony and the origin of species that does away with the need for any divine aid or design in the process, and accordingly it has been seen as a forerunner of Darwin's theory of evolution. This commentary locates Lucretius in both the ancient and modern contexts, and treats Lucretius' ideas as very much alive rather than as historical concepts. The recent revival of creationism makes this study particularly relevant to contemporary debate, and indeed, many of the central questions posed by creationists are those Lucretius attempts to answer.
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