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Vox Naturae: The Myth of Animal Nature in the Latin Roman Republic

2016

The paper examines the representation of animals as embodiment of nature in the culture of the late Roman republic. By discussing a selection of passages from Sallust, Cicero and Lucretius in conjunction with other Greek and Latin sources, the paper shows that the typically Western myth of 'animal nature' - the cultural belief that animal mirror a perennial state of nature, as opposed to human society - played a very important role in the ethical debate of the first century BC and took in this period a form which was bound to influence the centuries to come.

Stoicismlate Roman republicRoman literature and philosophyCiceroVarroSettore L-FIL-LET/04 - Lingua E Letteratura LatinaEpicureanismcultural representation of animalanthropology of the ancient world.Lucretiucultural representation of animals; late Roman republic; Sallust; Cicero; Lucretius; Varro; Roman literature and philosophy; Stoicism; Epicureanism; New Academy; anthropology of the ancient world.SallustNew Academy
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Review of M. Beretta, La rivoluzione culturale di Lucrezio. Filosofia e scienza nell'antica Roma (Rome: Carocci, 2015)

2018

By reviewing Marco Beretta's recent book on Lucretius' "cultural revolution" and its intellectual foundations, the present article re-assesses several key issues of the current debate about the literary, philosophical, and scientific value of De Rerum Natura.

Epicureanismhistory of ancient science and philosophyreception studiesRoman cultureLucretiulate Roman republicbiographical criticismSettore L-FIL-LET/04 - Lingua E Letteratura Latina
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