Examining Cicero's engagement with Hellenistic (Stoic, Epicurean, and sceptical) philosophy of religion (the 'science and religion debate') in his two dialogues, On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, this book makes a major contribution towards a new, higher estimation of the Roman statesman Cicero's philosophical writings.
Examining Cicero's engagement with Hellenistic (Stoic, Epicurean, and sceptical) philosophy of religion (the 'science and religion debate') in his two dialogues, On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, this book makes a major contribution towards a new, higher estimation of the Roman statesman Cicero's philosophical writings.
J. P. F. Wynne is Associate Professor of Classics in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at the University of Utah. He is a scholar of later ancient Greek and Roman philosophy and religion, and a specialist on Cicero, Stoic and sceptical philosophy, and the philosophy of religion in the ancient world.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction. Cicero and the translation of philosophy from Greece to Rome 1. Cicero's project in On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination 2. The beatitude of Gaius Velleius 3. Balbus the reformer and Cotta the pontifex 4. Quintus' Stoic case for divination 5. Marcus' arguments against divination 6. Marcus' moderation Appendix 1. Terminology in DND and Div. for religious virtues and vices, and Greek equivalents Appendix 2. Velleius' strategies against his opponents Appendix 3. Balbus' classification of the gods.
Introduction. Cicero and the translation of philosophy from Greece to Rome 1. Cicero's project in On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination 2. The beatitude of Gaius Velleius 3. Balbus the reformer and Cotta the pontifex 4. Quintus' Stoic case for divination 5. Marcus' arguments against divination 6. Marcus' moderation Appendix 1. Terminology in DND and Div. for religious virtues and vices, and Greek equivalents Appendix 2. Velleius' strategies against his opponents Appendix 3. Balbus' classification of the gods.
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