T Lucreti Cari

Author : J. D. Duff
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330180952
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book T. Lucreti Cari written by J. D. Duff and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from T. Lucreti Cari: De Rerum Natura When the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press suggested that I should edit another book of Lucretius; for their Latin series, the third book seemed for several reasons the most suitable for the purpose. In it all the different powers of Lucretius are seen at their highest; it suffers little, if at all, by separation from the rest of the poem; and it seems to me to have gained more than other parts of the poem from recent criticism. The reader, who wishes to know the main points in which the text and interpretation here put forward differ from those of Munro, should consult the critical notes and the references given in the Index under the headings, 'Giussani,' 'Heinze,' 'Lachmann,' 'Munro.' Of the two last it is needless to speak: their reputation is fixed, and their editions are classics. The edition of Richard Heinze (Leipzig, 1897) is a careful and learned study of this book, in which much is done to elucidate and illustrate the philosophy, and several passages of importance are for the first time rightly explained. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.