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How to Think about God : An Ancient Guide for Believers and Nonbelievers / Marcus Tullius Cicero.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius, Author.
- Series:
- Ancient wisdom for modern readers.
- Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Scipio, Africanus, approximately 236 B.C.-183 B.C.
- Scipio.
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius--Translations into English.
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
- Scipio Aemilianus, P. Cornelius (Publius Cornelius), Africanus minor, 185 B.C. or 184 B.C.-129 B.C.
- Scipio Aemilianus, P. Cornelius.
- Cosmology, Ancient.
- Gods, Roman--Early works to 1800.
- Gods, Roman.
- Stoics--Early works to 1800.
- Stoics.
- Theology--Early works to 1800.
- Theology.
- Rome--Religion.
- Rome.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (166 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English and Latin.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- A vivid and accessible new translation of Cicero's influential Stoic writings on the divineMost 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 How to Think about God, 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.On the Nature of the Gods and The Dream of Scipio are Cicero's best-known and most important writings on religion, and they have profoundly shaped Christian and non-Christian thought for more than two thousand years, influencing such luminaries as Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Dante, and Thomas Jefferson. These works reveal many of the religious aspects of Stoicism, including an understanding of the universe as a materialistic yet continuous and living whole in which both the gods and a supreme God are essential elements.Featuring an introduction, suggestions for further reading, and the original Latin on facing pages, How to Think about God is a compelling guide to the Stoic view of the divine.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- ON THE NATURE OF THE GODS (2.1-44)
- THE DREAM OF SCIPIO
- NOTES
- FURTHER READING
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780691197449
- 069119744X
- OCLC:
- 1121048796
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