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A biblical style painting of a woman in red robes surrounded by dancing women and a flying baby angel

Preview of ‘Lucretius III: A History of Motion’ by Thomas Nail

Thomas Nail To celebrate the publication, we are offering a bundle discount. Buy Lucretius II and III and get Lucretius I for free, using the code NAIL. Plus we are running a giveaway over on our Twitter – read until…

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • February 3, 2022
Lucretius II - Primavera

An extract from Lucretius II by Thomas Nail

Take a peek at the book extract from the recently published Lucretius II: An Ethics of Motion by Thomas Nail. How can the fear of death lead us to unethical action? In his didactic poem De Rerum Natura, Lucretius tell…

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • April 7, 2020
The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli

Venus Voluptas: The Desire of Gods and Men

Thomas Nail writes about Venus as the desire of gods and men in Lucretius' De Rerum Natura. She is not only the external object of desire of the other gods and of men; she is the desire itself.

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • August 14, 2018
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