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- catalog abstract ""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 represents the culmination of a rationalist tradition of culture-history that has its roots in the Presocratic philosophers whose theories are now sadly fragmentary. Of the Presocratics, the zoogonic theory of Empedocles is the best preserved, and it has long been observed that Lucretus' and Empedocles' theories are fundamentally similar. Both give an anti-teleological mechanistic account of zoogony and the origin of species that does away with the need for any divine aid or design in the process, and accordingly their theories have been seen as forerunners of Darwin's theory of evolution. Indeed Lucretius was the main focus for attacks by creationists until the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859, and still has a place in creationist 'black museums' of evolutionary theorists. 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, with challenges made by creationists to evolutionists, makes this study particularly relevant to contemporary debate. Indeed, many of the central questions posed by creationists are those Lucretius attempts to answer."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13064676.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""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 represents the culmination of a rationalist tradition of culture-history that has its roots in the Presocratic philosophers whose theories are now sadly fragmentary. Of the Presocratics, the zoogonic theory of Empedocles is the best preserved, and it has long been observed that Lucretus' and Empedocles' theories are fundamentally similar. Both give an anti-teleological mechanistic account of zoogony and the origin of species that does away with the need for any divine aid or design in the process, and accordingly their theories have been seen as forerunners of Darwin's theory of evolution.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [354]-376) and indexes.".
- catalog description "Indeed Lucretius was the main focus for attacks by creationists until the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859, and still has a place in creationist 'black museums' of evolutionary theorists. 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, with challenges made by creationists to evolutionists, makes this study particularly relevant to contemporary debate. Indeed, many of the central questions posed by creationists are those Lucretius attempts to answer."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "xii, 385 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Lucretius on creation and evolution.".
- catalog identifier "0199263965".
- catalog isFormatOf "Lucretius on creation and evolution.".
- catalog isPartOf "Oxford classical monographs.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "Text in Latin with commentary in English.".
- catalog language "eng lat".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Lucretius on creation and evolution.".
- catalog subject "871.01 21".
- catalog subject "Creation in literature.".
- catalog subject "Didactic poetry, Latin History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Evolution (Biology) in literature.".
- catalog subject "Lucretius Carus, Titus. De rerum natura Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Lucretius Carus, Titus. De rerum natura.".
- catalog subject "PA6485 C37 2003".
- catalog subject "Philosophy, Ancient, in literature.".
- catalog title "Lucretius on creation and evolution : a commentary on De rerum natura, book 5, lines 772-1104 / Gordon Campbell.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".