David B. Suits is Professor of Philosophy at Rochester Institute of Technology. His current research interests include the philosophy of death, the philosophy of mind, artificial intelligence, and the nature of empathy. He is finishing a book, The Singularity of Death: An Epicurean Perspective. David B. Suits is Professor of Philosophy at Rochester Institute of Technology. His current research interests include the philosophy of death, the philosophy of mind, artificial intelligence, and the nature of empathy. He is finishing a book, The Singularity of Death: An Epicurean Perspective.

• Title page / CopyrightContentsIntroduction (pp. 7-12) ChaptersNewton and Lucretius: Some Overlooked Parallels - William B. Jensen (pp. 13-28) Lucretius: His Ideas in the Language of Our Time - John R. A. Mayer (pp. 29-32) Reflections on Paradox and Religio in the Evangel of Lucretius - Charles M. Natoli (pp. 33-54) "As Stupid as the Clinamen"? Existential Aspects of Lucretius's Swerve - Melissa M. Shew (pp. 55-72) "Half Buried ... / Or Fancy-bourne": Unearthed Desires and the Failure of Transcendence in Tennyson's "Lucretius" - Vincent Bissonette (pp. 73-88)How Epicurean Science Saves Humanity in Lucretius - John R. Lenz (pp. 89-106) Lucretius and Death - Dane R. Gordon (pp. 107-116) Lucretius on Death and Re-Existence - David B. Suits (pp. 117-132)Index (pp. 133-138)Contributors (pp. 139-140)

David B. Suits is Professor of Philosophy at Rochester Institute of Technology. His current research interests include the philosophy of death, the philosophy of mind, artificial intelligence, and the nature of empathy. He is finishing a book, The Singularity of Death: An Epicurean Perspective. David B. Suits is Professor of Philosophy at Rochester Institute of Technology. His current research interests include the philosophy of death, the philosophy of mind, artificial intelligence, and the nature of empathy. He is finishing a book, The Singularity of Death: An Epicurean Perspective.

• Title page / CopyrightContentsIntroduction (pp. 7-12) ChaptersNewton and Lucretius: Some Overlooked Parallels - William B. Jensen (pp. 13-28) Lucretius: His Ideas in the Language of Our Time - John R. A. Mayer (pp. 29-32) Reflections on Paradox and Religio in the Evangel of Lucretius - Charles M. Natoli (pp. 33-54) "As Stupid as the Clinamen"? Existential Aspects of Lucretius's Swerve - Melissa M. Shew (pp. 55-72) "Half Buried ... / Or Fancy-bourne": Unearthed Desires and the Failure of Transcendence in Tennyson's "Lucretius" - Vincent Bissonette (pp. 73-88)How Epicurean Science Saves Humanity in Lucretius - John R. Lenz (pp. 89-106) Lucretius and Death - Dane R. Gordon (pp. 107-116) Lucretius on Death and Re-Existence - David B. Suits (pp. 117-132)Index (pp. 133-138)Contributors (pp. 139-140)

David B. Suits is Professor of Philosophy at Rochester Institute of Technology. His current research interests include the philosophy of death, the philosophy of mind, artificial intelligence, and the nature of empathy. He is finishing a book, The Singularity of Death: An Epicurean Perspective. David B. Suits is Professor of Philosophy at Rochester Institute of Technology. His current research interests include the philosophy of death, the philosophy of mind, artificial intelligence, and the nature of empathy. He is finishing a book, The Singularity of Death: An Epicurean Perspective.

• Title page / CopyrightContentsIntroduction (pp. 7-12) ChaptersNewton and Lucretius: Some Overlooked Parallels - William B. Jensen (pp. 13-28) Lucretius: His Ideas in the Language of Our Time - John R. A. Mayer (pp. 29-32) Reflections on Paradox and Religio in the Evangel of Lucretius - Charles M. Natoli (pp. 33-54) "As Stupid as the Clinamen"? Existential Aspects of Lucretius's Swerve - Melissa M. Shew (pp. 55-72) "Half Buried ... / Or Fancy-bourne": Unearthed Desires and the Failure of Transcendence in Tennyson's "Lucretius" - Vincent Bissonette (pp. 73-88)How Epicurean Science Saves Humanity in Lucretius - John R. Lenz (pp. 89-106) Lucretius and Death - Dane R. Gordon (pp. 107-116) Lucretius on Death and Re-Existence - David B. Suits (pp. 117-132)Index (pp. 133-138)Contributors (pp. 139-140)