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17Lucretius and the Language of NatureOxford University Press. 2020.Lucretius' Epicurean poem De Rerum Natura made a fundamental and lasting contribution to the language of Latin philosophy. In this book Barnaby Taylor offers an in-depth reconstruction of core features of Epicurean linguistic theory, and a new understanding of Lucretius' linguistic innovation and creativity.
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16Rationalism and the theatre in lucretiusClassical Quarterly 66 (1): 140-154. 2016.Lucretius' primary didactic aim in De Rerum Natura is to teach his readers to interpret the world around them in such a way as to avoid the formation of false beliefs. The price of failure is extremely high. Someone who possesses false beliefs is liable to experience fear, and so will not be able to attain the state of tranquillity that, for Epicureans, constitutes the moral end. Equipping readers with sufficient knowledge always to form true beliefs about the phenomena they encounter thus serve…Read more
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5Language and Nature in the Classical Roman World (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2019.A familiar theme in Greek philosophy, largely due to the influence of Plato's Cratylus, linguistic naturalism constitutes a major but under-studied area of Roman linguistic thought. Indeed, it holds significance not only for the history of linguistics but also for philosophy, stylistics, rhetoric and more. The chapters in this volume deal with a range of naturalist theories in a variety of authors including Cicero, Varro, Nigidius Figulus, Posidonius, and Dionysius of Halicarnassus. The result i…Read more
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27Memmius the EpicureanClassical Quarterly 67 (2): 528-541. 2017.InFam.13.1 Cicero, visiting Athens en route to Cilicia in the summer of 51b.c., writes to C. Memmius L.f., praetor in 58 but by the time of Cicero's communication an exile in Athens after the shambolic consular elections for 53; Memmius was (temporarily, one assumes) absent from Athens in Mytilene, hence the need for Cicero to write to him. This letter, along withAtt.5.11.6 and 19.3, is our focus in the argument that follows, but, to summarize the situation in the very broadest terms, Cicero's c…Read more
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44The bellum alexandrinum. J.f. Gaertner, B.c. Hausburg caesar and the bellum alexandrinum. An analysis of style, narrative technique, and the reception of greek historiography. Pp. 372, maps. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2013. Cased, €89.99. Isbn: 978-3-525-25300-7 (review)The Classical Review 66 (1): 115-117. 2016.
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