01320nam a2200325 a 4500 EDZ0000075143 StDuBDS 20150804193932.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 091203s2008 enk fo 001 0 eng d 9780191716492 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS B512 187 22 Wilson, Catherine, 1951- Epicureanism at the origins of modernity [electronic resource] / Catherine Wilson. Oxford : Clarendon, 2008. 1 online resource (x, 304 p.) This engaging and richly documented book examines the Scientific Revolution and the formation of the canon of early modern philosophy in light of the rediscovery and reworking of the materialistic philosophy of the ancient atomists, Epicurus and Lucretius. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references and index. Epicureans (Greek philosophy) Atomism. Materialism. Mechanism (Philosophy) Philosophy, Modern. Print version 9780199238811 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199238811.001.0001 37379 37379