Lucretius on Creation and Evolution A Commentary on De Rerum Natura, Book Five, Lines 772-1104
by Campbell, GordonFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2004-01-29
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary
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 aidor 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 creationismmakes 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
Table of Contents
| Abbreviations | xi | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 1 | (18) | |
| TEXT | 19 | (12) | |
| TRANSLATION | 31 | (10) | |
| COMMENTARY | 41 | (289) | |
| Appendix A: Table of Themes in Accounts of Creation, Zoogony, and Anthropogony | 330 | (6) | |
| Appendix B: Table of Themes in Prehistories and Accounts of the Golden Age | 336 | (18) | |
| Bibliography | 354 | (23) | |
| Index locorum | 377 | (6) | |
| Index nominum et rerum | 383 |
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