Empedocles Redivivus

Empedocles Redivivus
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 337
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ISBN-10 : 9781135859831
ISBN-13 : 1135859833
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Book Synopsis Empedocles Redivivus by : Myrto Garani

Download or read book Empedocles Redivivus written by Myrto Garani and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-12-12 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book consists of a thorough study of Lucretius’ poetic and philosophical debt to Empedocles, focusing on their respective uses of analogy and examining how both poets turn these poetic techniques to use in their epistemological approaches to nature.


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