The Taste for Nothingness: A Study of Virtus and Related Themes in Lucan's Bellum Civile
- ISBN-10
- 0472113100
- ISBN-13
- 9780472113101
- Category
- Chaotic behavior in systems in literature
- Pages
- 180
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Author
- Robert Sklenář
Description
The author explores the nihilistic view of the cosmos expressed by the poet and relates this perspective to the philosophical system of the Stoics
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