《物性论》开篇绎读

Reading the Beginning of Lucretius's De Rerum Natura

罗马诗人卢克莱修的《物性论》是伊壁鸠鲁主义的主要文献。通过细致分析序诗对维纳斯的呼吁,本文指出:一方面,伊壁鸠鲁主义与传统的罗马政治秩序之间有着巨大的冲突,是哲学与政治之争的具体反映;但另一方面,伊壁鸠鲁主义与罗马人关于世界帝国的政治想象又有着千丝万缕的联系。要之,卢克莱修的哲学教诲隐秘地透露了非政治的伊壁鸠鲁主义的政治意图。

Lucretius＇s De Rerum Natura is usually regarded as the most Epicurean philosophy. Through a close reading of the beginning of De Rerum Natura, indicate that Epicureanism was, on the one hand, in opposition to the traditional Roman republic and, on the other hand, related with Romans＇ political vision of the fundamental text of the essay intends to order of the ancient universal empire