Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination - Image 1

Price loading...

Cambridge University Press Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination

Name: Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Antiquities

Price History & Forecast

No Price Data Available

Price history will appear here once data is collected from Amazon.

Price Distribution

No price data available for histogram

Description

During the months before and after he saw Julius Caesar assassinated on the Ides of March, 44 BC, Cicero wrote two philosophical dialogues about religion and theology: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination. This book brings to life his portraits of Stoic and Epicurean theology, as well as the scepticism of the new Academy, his own school. We meet the Epicurean gods who live a life of pleasure and care nothing for us, the determinism and beauty of the Stoic universe, itself our benevolent creator, and the reply to both that traditional religion is better served by a lack of dogma. Cicero hoped that these reflections would renew the traditional religion at Rome, with its prayers and sacrifices, temples and statues, myths and poets, and all forms of divination. This volume is the first to fully investigate Cicero's dialogues as the work of a careful philosophical author.

Product Specifications

Brand: Cambridge University Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1107070481
Category: Books > Subjects > Mind, Body & Spirit > Mythology > Antiquities
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 17 October 2019
Listed Since: 22 February 2019

Barcode

No barcode data available

Cambridge University Press Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination

Price History & Forecast

No Price Data Available

Price Distribution

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Cicero and the Rise of Deification at Rome

Cicero's De Finibus: Philosophical Approaches

Rethinking the Gods: Philosophical Readings of Religion in the Post-Hellenistic Period (Greek Culture in the Roman World)

Cicero: The Philosophy of a Roman Sceptic (Philosophy in the Roman World)

A Commentary on Cicero, de Divinatione I (Michigan Classical Commentaries)

Power and Persuasion in Cicero's Philosophy

The Reception of Cicero in the Early Roman Empire: The Rhetorical Schoolroom and the Creation of a Cultural Legend

CICERO:DE HARUSPICUM RESPONSIS:INTRODUCTION, TEXT, TRANSLATION, & COMMENTARY: Introduction, Text, Translation, and Commentary

Philosophy in Ancient Rome: A Loss of Wings

The Revival of Platonism in Cicero's Late Philosophy: Platonis Aemulus and the Invention of Cicero

Cicero: The Man and His Works

Cicero: Divinatio in Q. Caecilium: Series Number 66 (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries, Series Number 66)

Theologies of Ancient Greek Religion (Cambridge Classical Studies)

Cicero as Philosopher: New Perspectives on His Philosophy and Its Legacy

Emperor Worship and Roman Religion (Oxford Classical Monographs)

Cicero and the People’s Will: Philosophy and Power at the End of the Roman Republic

Dialogues in the Philosophy of Religion

The Philosophy of Religion: 1 (First Books in Philosophy)

Kant, Religion, and Politics

Cicero and Roman Education: The Reception of the Speeches and Ancient Scholarship

The Politics and Poetics of Cicero's Brutus: The Invention of Literary History

After Science and Religion: Fresh Perspectives from Philosophy and Theology

Hume’s Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion: A Philosophical Appraisal

Why Cicero Matters (Why Philosophy Matters)