Verfasst von:	Wynne, J. P. F. [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	Cicero on the philosophy of religion
Titelzusatz:	on the nature of the gods and on divination
Verf.angabe:	J. P. F. Wynne (University of Utah)
Verlagsort:	Cambridge ; New York, NY ; Port Melbourne
Verlag:	Cambridge University Press
Jahr:	2019
Umfang:	xi, 308 Seiten
Fussnoten:	Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--Cornell University, 2008, titled Cicero on the philosophy of religion : De Natura Deorum and De Divinatione ; Includes bibliographical references and index
Hochschulschrift:	Dissertation, Cornell University, 2008
ISBN:	978-1-107-07048-6
	978-1-107-68356-3
Abstract:	Introduction: Cicero and the translation of philosophy from Greece to Rome -- Cicero's project in On the nature of the gods and On divination -- The beatitude of Gaius Velleius -- Balbus the reformer and Cotta the pontifex -- Quintus' Stoic case for divination -- Marcus' arguments against divination -- Marcus' moderation.
	"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 fully to investigate Cicero's dialogues as the work of a careful philosophical author"--
DOI:	doi:10.1017/9781107707429
URL:	DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107707429
Schlagwörter:	(t)Cicero, Marcus Tullius / De natura deorum    / (t)Cicero, Marcus Tullius / De divinatione
	(p)Cicero, Marcus Tullius    / (s)Religionsphilosophie
Dokumenttyp:	Hochschulschrift
Sprache:	eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Wynne, J. P. F., 1979 - : Cicero on the philosophy of religion. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019. - 1 online resource (xi, 308 pages)
	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Wynne, J. P. F: Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019. - 1 online resource (322 pages)
K10plus-PPN:	1679405934