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Chapter 6: Mortal Immortals: Lucretius on Death and the Voice of Nature.
Nussbaum's analysis of Lucretius's and Epicurus's "therapies" for the fear of Death. In revealing the contradiction of Epicurean prescription of life in accordance with nature against the goal of godlike transcendence, she goes on to refine their approach by building on Nature's argument rather than against it.
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Nussbaum's analysis of Lucretius's and Epicurus's "therapies" for the fear of Death. In revealing the contradiction of Epicurean prescription of life in accordance with nature against the goal of godlike transcendence, she goes on to refine their approach by building on Nature's argument rather than against it.
