Venus-uoluptas, Vénus vagabonde et Vénus conjugale : plaisir sexuel et désillusion dans le De rerum natura
The end of book 4 of De rerum natura is enigmatic for any reader well versed in Epicurean doctrine: beyond the Epicurean orthodoxy that warns us of the pleasures of love, book 4 actually insists on many joyful and pleasurable aspects of sexuality, subsumed under the figure of Venus, which Lucretius...
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| Language: | English |
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ENS Éditions
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Aitia : Regards sur la Culture Hellénistique au XXIe Siècle |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/aitia/7886 |