Lucretius on Creation and Evolution

A Commentary on De rerum natura Book 5 Lines 772-1104

By:

Gordon Campbell

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Hardback

Series:

Oxford Classical Monographs

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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 gives an anti-teleological mechanistic theory of zoogony and the origin of species that does away with the need for any divine aid or design in the process, and accordingly it has been seen as a forerunner of Darwin's theory of evolution. 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 makes this study particularly relevant to contemporary debate, and indeed, many of the central questions posed by creationists are those Lucretius attempts to answer.

Author Biography:

Gordon Campbell is Lecturer in Ancient Classics at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth

Release date Australia

November 20th, 2003

Author

Gordon Campbell

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Pages

400

Series

Oxford Classical Monographs

Dimensions

145x220x26

ISBN-13

9780199263967

Product ID

2820340

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