![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But to ignore Lucretius is to ignore a crucial figure in Roman poetry and the intellectual life of the Late Republic, as well as a highly influential thinker on central figures in intellectual history, such as Galileo, Thomas Jefferson, Darwin, Marx, Freud, and Einstein. Lucretius is often overlooked by Classicists, who are put off by the technical detail of Epicurean natural philosophy, and he is also frequently ignored by philosophers, who may mine his poetry for supporting evidence of Epicurean doctrine but not much else. ![]() In this seminar, we will read all of Lucretius’ only known poetic work, the De Rerum Natura, a beautiful exposition of Epicurean philosophy in verse (with a heavy focus on Epicurean physics). Moreover, students with an international degree have to contact the coordinator of studies to check admissibility. This class can be taken in fulfilment of the requirements of both the MA and the Research MA program in Classics and Ancient Civilizations (track Classics), with differential requirements.Īdmission requirements for other students: a BA degree in Classics obtained from a university in the Netherlands, or a comparable qualification obtained from a university outside the Netherlands. ![]()
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