
Lucretius and the Logic of Venus
V. B. Price(Author)
Casa Urraca Press
Published on 24. January 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
242 pages
978-1-956375-12-1 (ISBN)
Description
Why did Lucretius begin his poem on physics and the philosophy of materialism with an invocation of the Goddess Venus? Is love a mere attraction, a kind of helpless gravity, or is there a holy logic to it, a divine sense to be made both in and beyond cosmic matter, a logic to not only feeling it, but to sustaining it, and meaning it?
These questions are what V. B. Price sets out to explore in his response to the Roman poet Lucretius's classic On the Nature of Things. The result is timeless while reaching across time, a philosophical and heartfelt call for pleasure in a world too often reluctant to embrace it.
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Language
English
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
337 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-956375-12-1 (9781956375121)
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Person
V. B. Price has been publishing poetry since 1962 and has worked continuously as a reporter and an environmental and political columnist for nearly as long. He has received the New Mexico Literary Arts Gratitude Award for contributions to the life of the poetry community in New Mexico and the Southwest. He lives in Albuquerque.