Madness in Lucretius' De rerum natura

Master Thesis

2012

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Shelton, Matthew James
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Chandler, Clive
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University of Cape Town

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Classical Studies
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Faculty of Humanities
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In the following thesis I examine the experience and etiology of madness in Epicurean philosophy and focus on Lucretius’ accounts of epistemology, disease and emotion in De rerum natura. I situate my general argument within Lucretius’ accounts of the physical and cognitive aspects of emotional disorder.
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Classical Studies

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Shelton, M. 2012. Madness in Lucretius' De rerum natura. University of Cape Town.

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