Product Description: A collection of 11 studies on the philosophical and scientific background of Lucretius', "De rerum natura". The studies one to seven form a running commentary on the history of ideas in "De rerum natura", 5.780-1160 (Lucretius' description of the history of human mankind; studies eight to ten discuss some topics from book four (sleep, dreams, optical illusions) in relationship to other philosophical doctrines and ancient medical thought; and the last study treats the use of analogy by Lucretius...read more

Product Description: This volume contains a collection of papers on the philosophical and cultural background of Lucretius' "De Rerum Natura". The authors, an international team of specialists, address such general questions as how Lucretius' poem relates to the Epicurean tradition, to other philosophical schools and to contemporary Roman intellectual life...read more

Product Description: Volume 2: The international congress Ancient Medicine in its Socio-Cultural Context held at Leiden University in April 1992 aimed at promoting an integrated and interdisciplinary approach to problems of health and disease in the Greco-Roman world...read more