Provider: World Shakespeare Bibliography https://www.worldshakesbib.org Database: WSB Content: text/plain; charset="utf-8" TY - JOUR VL - 15 T2 - Sillages critiques ID - bbbc163 T1 - "'Past fearing death': Epicurean Ethics in Measure for Measure" AU - Pollock, Jonathan PY - 2013 DA - 2026 KW - Duke Vincentio KW - Epicureanism LA - English AB - Reads Duke Vincentio's prison speech in Measure for Measure through a Lucretian lens, arguing that Shakespeare may have been influenced by the Epicurean thought in Michel de Montaigne's essay "That to Philosophise Is to Learn How to Die," which contains quotations by the Epicurean, Lucretius. English and French summaries. English and French summaries. ER -