Tag Archives: Lucretius

lucretius:agonizing doubts of logic and reason

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Dave

The clash of major and minor keys is heard throughout his poem, The Nature of Things; again and again, in a passage that opens with serene confidence in Epicurean logic and the liberating power of the intellect , Lucretius will … Continue reading →

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the chance swerve: visions of madness

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Dave

One curious statement about Lucretius appears, not in any contemporary or near-contemporary writer, but in the Christian chronicle of Saint-Jerome: that he was driven mad by a love philter administered by his wife, wrote his famous poem, The Nature of … Continue reading →

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shapes of things: grim final discords

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Dave

….at last the signs of death in the hollowed cheeks and nostrils and bared teeth. Enough? No. Lucretius does not stop there; he goes on, still with the same febrile, fascinated attention, to describe the disintegration of society, the sick … Continue reading →

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nothing that ain’t: leaky vessels

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Dave

The great Roman poet Lucretius seems to take the affirmative side in our unending debate in whether reason and logic can solve all our problems. But his verses were charged with agonizing doubts in his superb poem The Nature of … Continue reading →

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agonizing doubts: the nature of things

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Dave

Can reason and logic solve all of people’s problems? The great Roman poet Lucretius seems to take the affirmative side in the individual’s unending debate on this question- but his verses are charged with agonizing doubts. The material of the … Continue reading →

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MAKING OF A HERETIC: The Superfluous Trinity

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Dave

Heretics ‘R Us. For eight years Church authorities searched for a reson not to burn the quarrelsome, opinionated, and altogether brilliant troublemaker. In the end he left them no choice… …The Renaissance, as an age of transition, was not conducive … Continue reading →

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