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Alleged incompatibility of Epicurus' philosophy with rhetoric has led modern scholars to isolate rhetorical procedures in Lucretius' "De Rerum Natura" and regard them as non-Epicurean, accessory features. This study of Lucretius' rhetorical procedures is based on a wider understanding of the term rhetoric, not limited to the genre of oratory. In a fresh discussion of the questions of provenance and the role of the most important formal procedures of exposition in "De Rerum Natura" the author argues that instead of injecting rhetorical strategies from non-Epicurean sources, Lucretius in fact intensified rhetorical elements already present in the work of Epicurus. These elements are used for the purpose of explanation, and function as cognitive and mnemonic aids for the reader.
The Rhetoric of Explanation in Lucretiusโ De rerum natura......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 8
Preface and Acknowledgments......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 12
Introduction. From Epicurus To Lucretius......Page 14
1. Epos and Physis......Page 28
Epicurean Education and Traditional Education......Page 31
Hellenistic Literary Education......Page 32
Epicurean Education......Page 37
Lucretius as a Teacher......Page 42
DRN as an Educational Poem......Page 47
The Aim of DRN......Page 59
2. A Linear Universe......Page 64
The Poem......Page 67
Individual Books......Page 71
Argumentative Sections......Page 83
The Organizational Principles of DRN......Page 92
3. Arguments and Ornaments......Page 96
Arguments from Analogy......Page 103
Arguments from Contradiction......Page 113
Arguments from Etymology......Page 123
Arguments from Definition......Page 135
Arguments from Cause and Effect......Page 142
Arguments from Comparison......Page 149
Loci and the Composition of DRN......Page 155
Outlook. The Rhetoric of Explanation in DRN......Page 158
Texts, Translations and Commentaries......Page 162
Other Works......Page 167
Index locorum......Page 176
Index rerum......Page 186
Back Matter......Page 190
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