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On the Nature of the Gods
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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De Natura Deorum (On the Nature of the Gods) outlines Stoic, Epicurean and Academic (Skeptical) views on religious questions. Problems discussed include: evil, the origin of the world, divination, and characteristics of God
De Natura Deorum (On the Nature of the Gods) outlines Stoic, Epicurean and Academic (Skeptical) views on religious questions. Problems discussed include: evil, the origin of the world, divination, and characteristics of God
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Community Reviews
Accepting something merely because it has always been that way - whether in a religious sense or any other - has always been the easiest thing a person can do. Discussion, on the other hand, is difficult, especially when the discussion takes place between people of different opinions, different beli
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Did not read this entire book, only 'Book 2' for a book club. Overall, Cicero is weird. Like, really weird. Majority of it was enjoyable, funny, and surprisingly easy to understand (I kinda assumed that this would be some sort of super advanced text that I would struggle to comprehend). Pretty inter
Beautiful prose and argumentation by Cicero, which truly sheds a light on the thread that joins Classic Greek thought with an assimilated (afterwards) Judeo-christian cosmology; thus exposing the common line of thought that permeates throughout Western civilization.
It is fascinating and eye-opening
Two classics by Cicero, delivering the essence of the principal Greek philosophical schools to the Roman audience and the Latin readers of later ages. “De Natura Deorum” (on the nature of gods) expounds the doctrines of Epicureanism and Stoicism, along with the Academic skepticism’s critique of both
Cicero's De Natura Deorum is one of his few attempts at theology--if it can be called that. With the eye of a suspicious stoic, he surveys the many religions and cults of the late republican period. Some wonderful writing here.
In this book Cicero attempts to analyse the nature of the Gods according to other philosophical schools and religious thinking at the time. I am amazed by the currency of his thoughts. And think it's a remarkable work on the intersection of philosophy/ theology. Remarkable by its comprehensive exami
Cicero examines the existing religious (and philosophical) currents of the day, offering critiques on them and their justifications. Some of his arguments against God are surprisingly fresh, and many of his arguments for the existence of the divine are still used today to justify God.