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On the Nature of the Gods

work by Cicero
Also known as: “De natura deorum”

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contribution to Stoicism

  • Charles Sprague Pearce: Religion
    In philosophy of religion: Ancient origins

    …an original work of philosophy, De natura deorum (44 bce; “The Nature of the Gods”), by the Roman statesman and scholar Marcus Tullius Cicero, is an invaluable source of information on ancient ideas about religion and the philosophical controversies they engendered.

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  • Cicero
    In Stoicism: Later Roman Stoicism

    …De natura deorum (45 bce; On the Nature of the Gods), Cicero most probably followed Poseidonius. Because his master, Panaetius, was chiefly concerned with concepts of duty and obligation, it was his studies that served as a model for the De officiis (44 bce; On Duties) of Cicero. Hecaton, another…

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