SOURCE: McClure, Ellen. “Sovereign Love and Atomism in Racine's Bérénice.” Philosophy and Literature 27 (2003): 304-17.
In the following essay, McClure asserts that Bérénice reflects the influence of Epicureanism, Cartesianism, and contemporary controversies concerning the material nature of the universe, particularly in the portrayal of the character Antiochus.
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