Harvard University Press eBooks· 2014
Reading Lucretius in the Renaissance
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Short summary
Renaissance poets and philologists, rather than scientists, were key in reviving Lucretius's atomism theory.
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Key points
- Renaissance poets and philologists, not scientists, revived Lucretius's atomism.
- Lucretius's heterodox ideas circulated quietly in scholarly environments.
- This revival occurred outside of public heresy trials or debates.
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Abstract
Ada Palmer explores how Renaissance poets and philologists, not scientists, rescued Lucretius and his atomism theory. This heterodoxy circulated in the premodern world, not on the conspicuous stage of heresy trials and public debates but in the classrooms, libraries, studies, and bookshops where quiet scholars met transformative ideas.
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Field: Classics
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