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• Title:
  Montaigne, Lukrecjusz i Nowy Świat: Esej O pojazdach - próba interpretacji
• Creator:
  Krupecka, Iwona
• Description:
  In this article, my aim is to interpret Michel de Montaigne’s essay On Coaches, firstly, as consistent, and secondly, as deeply marked by Lucretian ideas. I analyze three contexts in which the titular ‘coaches’ are present: luxury, war, and fear of death. Furthermore, I argue that they constitute mutually interacting ‘force fields’ that should be considered in relation to each other.Following this scheme, I reconstruct the relationship between this essay and De rerum natura on three levels: 1) a discussion involving the Lucretian idea of the finite and young world; 2) a specific repetition of Lucretius’ gesture: moral evaluation imposed on a basically neutral recognition of historical change and movement; 3) the connection of vehicles as symbols of luxury with the problem of the fear of death, or the lack of courage, as a source of moral degeneration.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0
• Date:
  2024.04.11
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  Polish
• Source:
  Studies in the History of Philosophy; Vol. 15 No. 1 (2024); 67-90;
  Studia z Historii Filozofii; Tom 15 Nr 1 (2024); 67-90;
  2391-775X;
  2083-1978
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu
• Relation: https://apcz.umk.pl/szhf/article/view/50046/38259
• Subject:
  Montaigne, Lucretius, New World, philosophy of history, skepticism, Epicurean ethics
• Identifier: https://apcz.umk.pl/szhf/article/view/50046
• Data provider:
  Akademicka Platforma Czasopism
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• Type:
  text