Great Books II Study Questions for Assignment
8 Lucretius,
The Way Things Are (De Rerum Natura, or On The Nature of Things) Books
4-6
- Pages 158-160, 202-203 How does Lucretius view
Epicurus?
- Pages 120-125 Describe Lucretius's theory of atomic
images.
- Pages 125-139 How does this theory explain sensory
perception?
- Pages 160-174 How did the world
originate?
- Pages 186-201 How did civilization originate?
Language? Religion?
- Pages 163-164, 203-204 What is Lucretius's
conception of the gods and their relation to
man?
- Why does Lucretius expend so much time and energy
trying to explain natural phenomena in Book 6?
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