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Ansell-Pearson, Keith (2014) Affirmative naturalism : Deleuze and epicurianism. Cosmos and History : The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy, 10 (2). pp. 121-137. ISSN 1832-9101.
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Abstract
In this essay I explore the nature of Deleuze’s commitment to an affirmative naturalism that is based on certain Epicurean principles and insights. The essay is divided into two main parts. In the first part I bring to light some of the key features of Lucretius’s great poem on the nature of things, and I do so with the aid of Bergson and his reading of the teaching as fundamentally melancholic. In the second part I switch my attention to Deleuze and show how he links together physics and ethics as a way of providing an emancipatory and affirmative philosophy of life and one that aims to defeat sadness. In the conclusion I return to the question of melancholy and indicate how the problem might be best negotiated.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Naturalism, Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995 -- Ethics, Lucretius Carus, Titus | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Cosmos and History : The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy | ||||
| Publisher: | Cosmos Publishing Cooperative | ||||
| ISSN: | 1832-9101 | ||||
| Official Date: | 2014 | ||||
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| Volume: | 10 | ||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 17 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 121-137 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 28 July 2016 | ||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 28 July 2016 |
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