9781474466646-1474466648-Lucretius II: An Ethics of Motion

Lucretius II: An Ethics of Motion

ISBN-13: 9781474466646
ISBN-10: 1474466648
Edition: 73,961
Author: Thomas Nail
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Format: Paperback 240 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781474466646
ISBN-10: 1474466648
Edition: 73,961
Author: Thomas Nail
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Format: Paperback 240 pages

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Lucretius II: An Ethics of Motion (ISBN-13: 9781474466646 and ISBN-10: 1474466648), written by authors Thomas Nail, was published by Edinburgh University Press in 2020. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Ethics & Morality (Philosophy, Greek & Roman, Individual Philosophers) books. You can easily purchase or rent Lucretius II: An Ethics of Motion (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Ethics & Morality books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $1.18.

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Human suffering, the fear of death, war, poverty, ecological destruction and social inequality: almost 2,000 ago Lucretius proposed an ethics of motion as simple and stunning solution to these ethical problems. Thomas Nail argues that Lucretius was the first to locate the core of all these ethical ills in our obsession with stasis, our fear of movement and our hatred of matter. Instead of trying to transcend nature with our minds, escape it with our immortal souls and dominate it with our technologies, Lucretius was perhaps the first in the Western tradition to forcefully argue for a completely materialist, immanent and naturalistic ethics based on moving well with and as nature. If we want to survive and live well on this planet, Lucretius taught us, our best chance is not to struggle against nature but to embrace it and facilitate its movement.

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