Cicero's philosophical works are now exciting renewed interest and more generous appreciation; in part because they provide vital evidence of the views of the (largely lost) Greek philosophers of the Hellenistic age; and partly because of the light they cast on the intellectual life of first-century Rome. The Nature of the Gods is a central document 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.
2011-05 #File Name: 190812301X80 pages
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