Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination
Do the gods love you? Cicero gives deep and surprising answers in two philosophical dialogues on traditional Roman religion.
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
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Cicero, Marcus Tullius 106 BC-43 BC, De natura deorum
/ Cicero, Marcus Tullius 106 BC-43 BC, De divinatione
B Cicero, Marcus Tullius 106 BC-43 BC / Religious philosophy |
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Cicero, Marcus Tullius.-De natura deorum
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| Summary: | Do the gods love you? Cicero gives deep and surprising answers in two philosophical dialogues on traditional Roman religion. Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Cicero and the Translation of Philosophy from Greece to Rome -- 0.1 An Older View of the Late Sequence -- 0.2 A More Positive View of Cicero's Dialogues -- 0.3 The Single Source Hypothesis -- 0.4 Cicero and the Revival of the Classical Dialogue -- 0.5 Cicero and the Skeptical Dialogue -- 0.6 Cicero's Theological Trilogy -- Chapter 1 Cicero's Project in On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination -- 1.1 Action, Belief, and Roman religio -- 1.2 Theological Facts and Conventional Piety -- 1.3 How Philosophical Inquiry Can Moderate Religion -- 1.4 Cicero's Project in its Intellectual Context -- 1.5 How the Project Shapes the Dialogues -- Chapter 2 Velleius the Epicurean -- 2.1 Velleius' Theology -- 2.2 Velleius' Treatment of his Opponents -- 2.3 Religion and Epicureanism -- Chapter 3 Balbus the Stoic and Cotta the Skeptic -- 3.1 Balbus versus Cotta on Religion -- 3.2 Balbus and the Central Question -- 3.2.1 That God Governs the World and Cares about Us -- 3.2.2 Beauty and the Central Question -- 3.3 Balbus' Stoic View of Traditional Religion -- 3.4 Cotta's Response -- 3.4.1 Cotta and the Problem of Us -- 3.4.2 Cotta's Reply to Balbus on Religion -- Chapter 4 Quintus' Stoic Case for Divination -- 4.1 The Occasion for Quintus' Speech -- 4.2 Chrysippus and his Critics on Divination -- 4.3 Quintus' New Stoic Case for Divination -- 4.4 Quintus' Case from the Outcomes for Artificial Divination -- 4.5 Quintus' Case from the Outcomes for Natural Divination -- 4.6 Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Marcus' Arguments against Divination -- 5.1 Is Marcus' Speech Suspiciously Unfair to Quintus? -- 5.2 The ''Sally'': Div. 2.9-26 -- 5.3 The Main Strategy: Div. 2.26-148 -- 5.4 Marcus on the History of the Divinatory Arts. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (322 pages) |
| ISBN: | 1108763030 |