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Campbell, Gordon

 
9780199263967: Lucretius on Creation and Evolution: A Commentary on ^IDe rerum natura^R Book 5 Lines 772-1104 (Oxford Classical Monographs)
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Sinopsis

Lucretius' account of the origin of life, the origin of species, and human prehistory is the longest and most detailed account extant from the ancient world. It gives an anti-teleological mechanistic theory of zoogony and the origin of species that does away with the need for any divine aid or design in the process, and accordingly it has been seen as a forerunner of Darwin's theory of evolution. This commentary locates Lucretius in both the ancient and modern contexts, and treats Lucretius' ideas as very much alive rather than as historical concepts. The recent revival of creationism makes this study particularly relevant to contemporary debate, and indeed, many of the central questions posed by creationists are those Lucretius attempts to answer.

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Gordon Campbell is Lecturer in Ancient Classics at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth

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Editorial
OUP Oxford
Año de publicación
2003
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Inglés
ISBN 10 
0199263965
ISBN 13 
9780199263967
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Número de páginas
400
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