Mirabilia et philosophie. Quelques remarques sur le chant VI du De rerum natura
This paper concerns book 6 of De rerum natura, whose epicurean content and scope were challenged in a recent monograph. In this context, the connection between Lucretian meteorology and the Epicurean doctrine is examined to provide answers to two questions: what is the status of Epicurean philosophy...
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| description | This paper concerns book 6 of De rerum natura, whose epicurean content and scope were challenged in a recent monograph. In this context, the connection between Lucretian meteorology and the Epicurean doctrine is examined to provide answers to two questions: what is the status of Epicurean philosophy for Lucretian meteorology? And what role does meteorology play within the poem as a whole? The aim of the paper is to prove that the understanding of the philosophical sense and unity of the various phenomena exhibited in book 6 depends on principles grounded on the Epicurean doctrine, which, therefore, cannot be considered a means for Lucretius to exhibit pieces of knowledge. To make this point, the paper examines in that order the philosophical issues raised by meteorology, the structure of book 6 and the status of mirabilia in the DRN. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-57bd981b2de04027b3d309c8a171a0aa2022-12-22T01:22:14ZengENS ÉditionsAitia1775-42752020-12-011010.4000/aitia.8301Mirabilia et philosophie. Quelques remarques sur le chant VI du De rerum naturaSabine LucianiThis paper concerns book 6 of De rerum natura, whose epicurean content and scope were challenged in a recent monograph. In this context, the connection between Lucretian meteorology and the Epicurean doctrine is examined to provide answers to two questions: what is the status of Epicurean philosophy for Lucretian meteorology? And what role does meteorology play within the poem as a whole? The aim of the paper is to prove that the understanding of the philosophical sense and unity of the various phenomena exhibited in book 6 depends on principles grounded on the Epicurean doctrine, which, therefore, cannot be considered a means for Lucretius to exhibit pieces of knowledge. To make this point, the paper examines in that order the philosophical issues raised by meteorology, the structure of book 6 and the status of mirabilia in the DRN.http://journals.openedition.org/aitia/8301LucretiusEpicureanismphilosophymeteorologyetiologymirabilia |
| spellingShingle | Sabine Luciani Mirabilia et philosophie. Quelques remarques sur le chant VI du De rerum natura Aitia Lucretius Epicureanism philosophy meteorology etiology mirabilia |
| title | Mirabilia et philosophie. Quelques remarques sur le chant VI du De rerum natura |
| title_full | Mirabilia et philosophie. Quelques remarques sur le chant VI du De rerum natura |
| title_fullStr | Mirabilia et philosophie. Quelques remarques sur le chant VI du De rerum natura |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mirabilia et philosophie. Quelques remarques sur le chant VI du De rerum natura |
| title_short | Mirabilia et philosophie. Quelques remarques sur le chant VI du De rerum natura |
| title_sort | mirabilia et philosophie quelques remarques sur le chant vi du de rerum natura |
| topic | Lucretius Epicureanism philosophy meteorology etiology mirabilia |
| url | http://journals.openedition.org/aitia/8301 |
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