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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787175303321

Autore

Bergson Henri <1859-1941, >

Titolo

The philosophy of poetry : the genius of Lucretius / / Henri Bergson ; edited, translated, and in part recast by Wade Baskin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Philosophical Library, , [1959]

©1959

ISBN

1-4976-7566-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (64 p.)

Disciplina

881.01

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation from Bergson's introduction to a French ed. of De rerum natura, by Lucretius published in 1884 under the title: Extraits de Lucrèce.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""The Text of De Rerum Natura""; ""The Poetry of Lucretius""; ""The Physics of Lucretius""; ""The Originality of Lucretius as a Philosopher and Poet""; ""Copyright Page""

Sommario/riassunto

<DIV>This is a partial translation by Wade Baskin of the original French work <I>Ecrits et Paroles</I> (a 3 volume set, 665 pages) published between 1957 and 1959 by Henri Bergson.<BR /> It includes the translation from Bergson's introduction to a French ed. of <I>De rerum natura</I>, by Lucretius published in 1884 under the title: <I>Extraits de Lucre`ce</I>.<BR /></DIV>