The philosophy of poetry : the genius of Lucretius

This is a partial translation by Wade Baskin of the original French work Ecrits et Paroles (a 3 volume set, 665 pages) published between 1957 and 1959 by Henri Bergson. It includes the translation from Bergson's introduction to a French ed. of De rerum natura , by Lucretius published in 1884 under the title: Extraits de Lucre`ce . Read more... Abstract: This is a partial translation by Wade Baskin of the original French work Ecrits et Paroles (a 3 volume set, 665 pages) published between 1957 and 1959 by Henri Bergson. It includes the translation from Bergson's introduction to a French ed. of De rerum natura , by Lucretius published in 1884 under the title: Extraits de Lucre`ce . This is a partial translation by Wade Baskin of the original French work __Ecrits et Paroles__ (a 3 volume set, 665 pages) published between 1957 and 1959 by Henri Bergson. It includes the translation from Bergson's introduction to a French ed. of __De rerum natura__, by Lucretius published in 1884 under the title: __Extraits de Lucre`ce__. /> Read more... Abstract: This is a partial translation by Wade Baskin of the original French work __Ecrits et Paroles__ (a 3 volume set, 665 pages) published between 1957 and 1959 by Henri Bergson. It includes the translation from Bergson's introduction to a French ed. of __De rerum natura__, by Lucretius published in 1884 under the title: __Extraits de Lucre`ce__. This is a partial translation by Wade Baskin of the original French work Ecrits et Paroles (a 3 volume set, 665 pages) published between 1957 and 1959 by Henri Bergson. It includes the translation from Bergson{u2019}s introduction to a French ed. of De rerum natura, by Lucretius published in 1884 under the title: Extraits de Lucre`ce Content: Cover Page Title Page Contents Preface Introduction The Text of De Rerum Natura The Poetry of Lucretius The Physics of Lucretius The Originality of Lucretius as a Philosopher and Poet Copyright Page