The rhetoric of explanation in Lucretius' "De rerum natura"
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| Format: | Abschlussarbeit Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston
Brill
2008
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| Schriftenreihe: | Mnemosyne
Supplements ; Volume 294 : Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-162) and indexes Cover13; -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction. From Epicurus To Lucretius -- Chapter One. Epos and Physis -- Epicurean Education and Traditional Education -- Hellenistic Literary Education -- Epicurean Education -- Lucretius as a Teacher -- DRN as an Educational Poem -- The Aim of DRN -- Chapter Two. A Linear Universe -- The Poem -- Individual Books -- Argumentative Sections -- The Organizational Principles of DRN -- Chapter Three. Arguments and Ornaments -- Arguments from Analogy -- Arguments from Contradiction -- Arguments from Etymology -- Arguments from Definition -- Arguments from Cause and Effect -- Arguments from Comparison -- Loci and the Composition of DRN -- Outlook. The Rhetoric of Explanation in DRN -- Bibliography -- Texts, Translations and Commentaries -- Other Works -- Indices -- Index locorum -- Index rerum Alleged incompatibility of Epicurus' philosophy with rhetoric has led modern scholars to isolate rhetorical procedures in Lucretius' "De Rerum Natura" and regard them as non-Epicurean, accessory features. This study of Lucretius' rhetorical procedures is based on a wider understanding of the term rhetoric, not limited to the genre of oratory. In a fresh discussion of the questions of provenance and the role of the most important formal procedures of exposition in "De Rerum Natura" the author argues that instead of injecting rhetorical strategies from non-Epicurean sources |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (X, 176 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 9789047433668 |