{"product_id":"9781956375121","title":"Lucretius and the Logic of Venus","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy did Lucretius begin his poem on physics and the philosophy of materialism with an invocation of the Goddess Venus? Is love a mere attraction, a kind of helpless gravity, or is there a holy logic to it, a divine sense to be made both in and beyond cosmic matter, a logic to not only feeling it, but to sustaining it, and meaning it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese questions are what V. B. Price sets out to explore in his response to the Roman poet Lucretius's classic \u003cem\u003eOn the Nature of Things\u003c\/em\u003e. The result is timeless while reaching across time, a philosophical and heartfelt call for pleasure in a world too often reluctant to embrace it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casa Urraca Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47691353882865,"sku":"9781956375121","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781956375121_p0.jpg?v=1768835308","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781956375121","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}