Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
https://hdl.handle.net/10316.2/47492
DC Field | Value | Language |
---|---|---|
dc.contributor.author | Traver Vera, Ángel Jacinto | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-23T10:56:44Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-27T19:06:11Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-10-23T10:56:44Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-08-27T19:06:11Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | - |
dc.identifier.isbn | 978-989-26-1765-7 (PDF) | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 978-989-26-1763-3 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10316.2/47492 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This chapter discusses the atomistic premises against the existence of ghosts. According to the traditional Graeco-Roman religion and other philosophical doctrines, such as the Pythagorean, the Platonic, and the Stoic, ghosts do exist and serve as medium between the living world and the afterlife. Against this widespread belief, the first Atomists, Leucippus and Democritus, and their followers, Epicurus and Lucretius, argued that ghosts are not the dead who return from beyond, but physical and material emissions (simulacra) of people which persisted in the outside world and sometimes inside the mind, having been previously printed on it. This interpretation fits into the broader context of their philosophical system, which aims at delivering men from fear of the gods, of death and of the afterlife, with the eudemonistic purpose of achieving emotional peace. | eng |
dc.language.iso | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra | por |
dc.rights | open access | - |
dc.subject | Atomists | eng |
dc.subject | simulacra | eng |
dc.subject | Leucippus | eng |
dc.subject | Democritus | eng |
dc.subject | Epicurus | eng |
dc.subject | Lucretius | eng |
dc.title | The atomistic denial of ghosts: from Democritus to Lucretius | por |
dc.type | bookPart | por |
uc.publication.firstPage | 91 | - |
uc.publication.lastPage | 104 | - |
uc.publication.location | Coimbra | por |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.14195/978-989-26-1765-7_6 | - |
uc.publication.digCollection | PB | por |
uc.publication.orderno | 7 | - |
uc.publication.area | Artes e Humanidades | por |
uc.publication.bookTitle | Visitors from beyond the grave: ghosts in world literature | - |
uc.publication.manifest | https://dl.uc.pt/json/iiif/10316.2/47492/198720/manifest?manifest=/json/iiif/10316.2/47492/198720/manifest | - |
uc.publication.thumbnail | https://dl.uc.pt/retrieve/10974577 | - |
uc.publication.parentItemId | 55452 | - |
uc.itemId | 67739 | - |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
item.grantfulltext | open | - |
Appears in Collections: | Visitors from beyond the grave: ghosts in world literature |
Files in This Item:
File | Description | Size | Format | |
---|---|---|---|---|
the_atomistic_denial_of_ghosts.pdf | 1 MB | Adobe PDF | ![]() |
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.