{"product_id":"lucretius-i-an-ontology-of-motion-9781474434676","title":"Lucretius I: An Ontology of Motion","description":"\u003cp\u003eThomas Nail argues convincingly and systematically that Lucretius was not an atomist, but a thinker of kinetic flux. In doing so, he completely overthrows the interpretive foundations of modern scientific materialism, whose philosophical origins lie in the atomic reading of Lucretius' immensely influential book \u003ci\u003eDe Rerum Natura\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis means that Lucretius was not the revolutionary harbinger of modern science as Greenblatt and others have argued; he was its greatest victim. Nail re-reads \u003cem\u003eDe Rerum Natura\u003c\/em\u003e to offer us a new Lucretius - a Lucretius for today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Nail\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/08\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474434676","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42440151138441,"sku":"9781474434676","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_4ebe328f-49ef-4f96-996e-8ecdeb831bd4.jpg?v=1716257177","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/lucretius-i-an-ontology-of-motion-9781474434676","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}