›Amicus Lucretius‹: Gassendi, il ›De rerum natura‹ e l'edonismo cristiano

Enrico Piergiacomi

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2022

›Amicus Lucretius‹

Gassendi, il ›De rerum natura‹ e l'edonismo cristiano

Enrico Piergiacomi

Volume 5 in the series CICERO

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110768084

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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.

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Enrico Piergiacomi, University of Trento, Trento, Italy.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Premessa Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Sommario Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Introduzione Open Access Download PDF	1
1 L’analisi di Epicuro e Lucrezio prima di Gassendi Open Access Download PDF	16
2 Lucrezio il poeta-filosofo secondo Gassendi Open Access Download PDF	83
3 Un atomismo provvidenziale. La fisica di Gassendi Open Access Download PDF	124
4 Lucrezio e Gassendi sulla natura dell’anima Open Access Download PDF	191
5 Dio crea il piacere. Per un «edonismo cristiano Open Access Download PDF	250
Conclusioni: Amicus Lucretius, sed magis amicus Christus Open Access Download PDF	313
Appendice: Inventario delle citazioni da Lucrezio in Gassendi (Totale: 6249 su 7415 versi = 84,28%) Open Access Download PDF	323
Abbreviazioni Open Access Download PDF	345
Bibliografia Open Access Download PDF	347
Indice delle citazioni da Lucrezio Open Access Download PDF	401
Indice delle citazioni da Gassendi Open Access Download PDF	411
Indice da altre fonti antiche e moderne Open Access Download PDF	427
Indice dei nomi Open Access Download PDF	443

(Deutsch)

Language: Italian
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars of ancient and early modern thought, Epicurean tradition, theology, moral philosophy, and reception of Latin poetry
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 459
Keywords: Atomism; theology; christianity; hedonism

eBook

Published: October 24, 2022
ISBN: 9783110768084

Hardcover

Published: October 24, 2022
ISBN: 9783110767216