How to think about God : an ancient guide for believers and nonbelivers
Cicero, Marcus Tullius2019
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Most ancient Romans were deeply religious and their world was overflowing with gods - from Jupiter, Minerva, and Mars to countless local divinities, household gods, and ancestral spirits. One of the most influential Roman perspectives on religion came from a nonreligious belief system that is finding new adherents even today: Stoicism. How did the Stoics think about religion? In this book, Philip Freeman presents vivid new translations of Cicero's 'On the Nature of the Gods' and 'The Dream of Scipio'. In these brief works, Cicero offers a Stoic view of belief, divinity, and human immortality, giving eloquent expression to the religious ideas of one of the most popular schools of Roman and Greek philosophy.
Main title:
How to think about God : an ancient guide for believers and nonbelivers / Marcus Tullius Cicero ; selected, translated, and introduced by Philip Freeman.
Author:
Cicero, Marcus Tullius, authorFreeman, Philip, 1961-, editor, translator
Imprint:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2019.
Collation:
168 pages ; 18 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780691183657 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
292.07
Language:
English
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BRN:
1890415
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