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The first monograph entirely devoted to the Epicurean doctrine of minimal parts.The Epicurean doctrine of minimal parts (ta elachista) is a crucial aspect of Epicurus''s philosophy and a genuine turning point compared to the ancient atomism of Leucippus and Democritus. This book consists of three chapters: a philological and theoretical analysis of the primary sources (Epicurus and Lucretius) of the doctrine, a reconstruction of its likely historical background (Xenocrates, Aristotle, Diodorus Cronus), and a close examination of the chiefly geometrical development of this theory within the phi

Ancient philosophy --- Epicureans (Greek philosophy) --- Philosophy, Ancient --- Greek philosophy --- Philosophy, Greek --- Philosophy, Roman --- Roman philosophy --- Epicurus. --- Epicurus --- Ἐπίκουρος --- Epikouros --- Epikuros --- Ėpikur --- Epiḳoros --- Epicuro --- Abīqūr --- Yibijiulu --- Epicure --- Epʻikʻurosŭ --- Philosophy, Ancient. --- Criticism and interpretation.