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The Philosophy of Poetry: The Genius of Lucretius

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This is a partial translation by Wade Baskin of the original French work Ecrits et Paroles (a 3 volume set, 665 pages) published between 1957 and 1959 by Henri Bergson. It includes the translation from Bergson’s introduction to a French ed. of De rerum natura, by Lucretius published in 1884 under the title: Extraits de Lucre`ce.

© 2014 Philosophical Library/Open Road (Ebook): 9781497675667

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