The nature of the gods / Cicero ; translated with introduction and explanatory notes by P.G. Walsh.

By:

Cicero, Marcus Tullius

Contributor(s):

Walsh, P. G. (Patrick Gerard)

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Latin Publication details: New York : Clarendon Press, 1997.Description: 1 online resource (lv, 230 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780191561740
0191561746
0585112088
9780585112084
1280763981
9781280763984

Uniform titles:

De natura deorum. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Nature of the gods.DDC classification:

292.07 20

LOC classification:

PA6308.D4 W35 1997eb

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The Nature of the Gods.

Review: "Cicero's philosophical works are now exciting renewed interest and more generous appreciation, in part because he provides vital evidence of the views of the (largely lost) Greek philosophers of the Hellenistic age, and partly because of the light he casts on the intellectual life of first-century Rome. Hellenistic philosophy has in recent years attracted growing interest from academic philosophers in Europe and in North America. The Nature of the Gods is a document of central significance in this area, for it presents a detailed account of the theologies of the Epicureans and of the Stoics, together with the critical objections to these doctrines raised by the Academic school. When these Greek theories of deity are translated into the Roman context, a fascinating clash of ideologies results."--BOOK JACKET.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages lii-lv) and index.

The Nature of the Gods.

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"Cicero's philosophical works are now exciting renewed interest and more generous appreciation, in part because he provides vital evidence of the views of the (largely lost) Greek philosophers of the Hellenistic age, and partly because of the light he casts on the intellectual life of first-century Rome. Hellenistic philosophy has in recent years attracted growing interest from academic philosophers in Europe and in North America. The Nature of the Gods is a document of central significance in this area, for it presents a detailed account of the theologies of the Epicureans and of the Stoics, together with the critical objections to these doctrines raised by the Academic school. When these Greek theories of deity are translated into the Roman context, a fascinating clash of ideologies results."--BOOK JACKET.

English.

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