Author : Marcus Tullius Cicero
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 29,40 MB
Release : 2003-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521006309
Edition, with Introduction and Commentary, of this key work of Epicurean theology and Roman philosophy.
Author : J. P. F. Wynne
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 36,73 MB
Release : 2019-10-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1107070481
Do the gods love you? Cicero gives deep and surprising answers in two philosophical dialogues on traditional Roman religion.
Author : William Wall Fortenbaugh
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 43,48 MB
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781412819640
Author : Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,29 MB
Release : 2014
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ISBN : 9780674992962
Author : Marcus Tullius Cicero
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 15,11 MB
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 069119744X
A vivid and accessible new translation of Cicero’s influential writings on the Stoic idea of the divine 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 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.
Author : Marcus Tullius Cicero
Publisher :
Page : 663 pages
File Size : 43,30 MB
Release : 1967
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Author : Marcus Tullius Cicero
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 42,10 MB
Release : 1960-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780140440997
Collecting the most incisive and influential writings of one of Rome's finest orators, Cicero's Selected Works is translated with an introduction by Michael Grant in Penguin Classics. Lawyer, philosopher, statesman and defender of Rome's Republic, Cicero was a master of eloquence, and his pure literary and oratorical style and strict sense of morality have been a powerful influence on European literature and thought for over two thousand years in matters of politics, philosophy, and faith. This selection demonstrates the diversity of his writings, and includes letters to friends and statesmen on Roman life and politics; the vitriolic Second Philippic Against Antony; and his two most famous philosophical treatises, On Duties and On Old Age - a celebration of his own declining years. Written at a time of brutal political and social change, Cicero's lucid ethical writings formed the foundation of the Western liberal tradition in political and moral thought that continues to this day. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Author : Andrew Roy Dyck
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 50,49 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472113248
"Andrew R. Dyck's full commentary on this work is the first to appear in English or any other language for over a century. Whereas previous commentaries focused primarily on grammar and textual criticism, this one, while not neglecting those areas, insightfully relates the text to the trends, political, philosophical, and religious, of Cicero's times; identifies the influences on Cicero's thinking; and analyzes the relation of this theoretical treatise to his other utterances, public and private, of the time."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Marcus Tullius Cicero
Publisher :
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 22,12 MB
Release : 1884
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Author : Colin N. Manlove
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 43,55 MB
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1532677189
This book grew out of the author's wish to go beyond a formal definition of fantasy to discover a basic urge and interest common to the genre. He finds this urge to be the celebration of identity. Fantasy is ultimately concerned to heighten and praise being, whether that being is God's creation, the world, or the creations of the fantasy writer themselves. This interest can take the form of direct eulogy or of more unconscious fascination. It is seen in fantasy's conservatism and its frequently elegiac mode, and is demonstrated through its formal characteristics such as circular structure and the use of juxtaposition to heighten individuality. It is more overtly present in modern than in pre-1800 fantasy, partly because modern fantasy developed as a Romantic reaction against technology and everything that reduced direct contact between people and the environment. These aspects of fantasy are illustrated from detailed discussion of the tales of Grimm, Walter de la Mare's Told Again, W. M. Thackeray's The Rose and the Ring, Charles Williams's prose fantasies, Ursula le Guin's Earthsea trilogy, E. Nesbit's magic books, George MacDonald's Phantastes and Lilith, T. H. White's The Once and Future King, Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast novels, William Morris's late romances, Lord Dunsany's The King of Elfland's Daughter, E. R. Eddison's The Worm Ouroboros, and Peter Beagle's The Last Unicorn. Together these authors and works provide a cross-section of what is a fundamentally panegyric genre demonstrating its variety, its strengths, and its limitations.
