LEADER 02371nam 2200361 450 001 9910645950303321 005 20230509223535.0 035 $a(CKB)5860000000285426 035 $a(NjHacI)995860000000285426 035 $a(EXLCZ)995860000000285426 100 $a20230509d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aita 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAmicus Lucretius $eGassendi, il De rerum natura e l'edonismo cristiano /$fEnrico Piergiacomi 210 1$aBerlin :$cDe Gruyter,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 457 pages) 311 $a3-11-076811-9 330 $a"Many scholars have studied the dialogue between the Epicurean tradition and Pierre Gassendi. However, no one so far has ever attempted to conduct a full analysis of the latter's specific reception of Lucretius. The book attempts to show that Gassendi was the first to discuss almost the whole De rerum natura, as part of an ambitious project. He sought to provide a Christianized version of Lucretius' theory or to develop an atomistic worldview "freed" from the many dangerous errors that were often imputed to atomism (impiety, debauchery, and irrationality). In particular, Gassendi developed a dialectical strategy that led him to recover a providential atomism, an Epicurean psychology that saves the immortality of the soul, and a Christian hedonism from the De rerum natura. The last goal was especially important. Gassendi here emerges as the culmination of a tradition of Christian philosophers, like Lorenzo Valla and Erasmus of Rotterdam, who have tried to merge Epicurean hedonism with the Christian religion. The volume could therefore attract both scholars of Antiquity and Renaissance/modern philosophy. It is also a rewarding reading for scholars of the reception of Latin poetry from a philosophical perspective."$c-- Provided by publisher. 606 $aHedonism$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 606 $aAtomism$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 615 0$aHedonism$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 615 0$aAtomism$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 676 $a233 700 $aPiergiacomi$b Enrico$01265193 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910645950303321 996 $aAmicus Lucretius$92967051 997 $aUNINA