Landolfi, Luciano (Author)
Technai, An International Journal for Ancient Science and Technology
Volume: 5
Pages: 31-58
Between I, II, IV and V books of the "De Rerum Natura", Lucretius leads an intense polemic against monsters, animated several times and by different views, witnessing an uncompromising rejection than it is within the schematic economy of species, by virtue of "foedera naturae": they govern their continuity and guarantee over time. Given the absence of texts of Epicurus which invested in an organic way the domain of biology and zoology, actually any attempt to assess Lucretius’ adherence, complete or relative, to the positions of "Magister" produces a net loss of sense and a strong frustration in the player. Surrounded by many psychagogic expedients, people to whom the "De Rerum Natura" is dedicated surrender in front of the force of the arguments put in to break down any theoretical resistance, every prejudice, every paralogism concerning "ficta portenta".
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