The return of Lucretius to Renaissance Florence

Preface . . vii
Abbreviations . . xv

1. The Epicurean Revival in Florence and Italy . . 1
2. Medicean Florence: Marsilio Ficino and Bartolomeo Scala . . 16
3. Republican Florence: The University Lectures of Marcello Adriani . . 42
4. Machiavelli and the Influence of Lucretius . . 68
5. Lucretian Networks in the Late Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries . . 88
Appendix: Notes on Machiavellf s Transcription of MS Vat. Rossi 884 . . 113

Select Bibliography . . 123
Index . . 129