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dc.contributor.authorPiergiacomi, Enrico
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-20T12:28:02Z
dc.date.available2024-12-20T12:28:02Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.identifierONIX_20241220_9791221503197_43
dc.identifier.issn2704-5919
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/96247
dc.languageItalian
dc.relation.ispartofseriesStudi e saggi
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history
dc.subject.otherBiology
dc.subject.otherEpicureanism
dc.subject.otherLucretius
dc.subject.otherProgress
dc.subject.otherTechnology
dc.titleChapter Lucrezio e la fisica del lavoro
dc.typechapter
oapen.abstract.otherlanguageThrough the analysis of book 5 of the De rerum natura, the paper reconstructs Lucretius’ explanation of the genealogy of work or labor, which is contained in his more general exposition of the history of technological development. The main point that will be defended is that the philosopher-poet is not per se against technology, for he believes that human beings are biologically endowed with creativity, or the capacity to discover crafts that can create the means for satisfying natural needs. However, Lucretius also believed that the labor must be kept under control. Crafts should be used not for amassing wealth at the expense of others, but for achieving two conditions that, according to Epicurus’ teaching, lead to the natural good of katasthematic pleasure: security and removal of pain.
oapen.identifier.doi10.36253/979-12-215-0319-7.12
oapen.relation.isPublishedBybf65d21a-78e5-4ba2-983a-dbfa90962870
oapen.relation.isbn9791221503197
oapen.series.number257
oapen.pages6
oapen.place.publicationFlorence


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