2017
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Michele Corradi, « De la couleur des choses: Lucrèce, De rerum natura II, 730-864, entre poésie et philosophie », HAL-SHS : philosophie, ID : 10670/1.du85rt
The article aims to analyze the section of Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura concerning the problem of the color (II, 730-864) from a double perspective : firstly, it will confront the passage with other sources about the Epicurean doctrine of color, in order to verify the orthodoxy of Lucretius’ presentation ; secondly, it will try to highlight the literary, rhetorical, didactic strategies the Latin poet carries out to adequately and persuasively display that doctrine to his public