How to Think about God (inbunden)
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Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
168
Utgivningsdatum
2019-11-05
Förlag
Princeton University Press
Översättare
Philip Freeman
Originalspråk
English
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173 x 119 x 23 mm
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227 g
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1
ISBN
9780691183657

How to Think about God

An Ancient Guide for Believers and Nonbelievers

av Marcus Tullius Cicero
Inbunden,  Engelska, 2019-11-05
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A vivid and accessible new translation of Ciceros influential writings on the Stoic idea of the divine Most ancient Romans were deeply religious and their world was overflowing with godsfrom 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.
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"The translation is worthy of praise. It is smooth and colloquial, allowing easy access to rather difficult and technical Latin texts. . . . [Freeman's] approach breathes new life into two Latin texts that deserve more readers."---Ailsa Hunt, Classical Review "A good summary of the religious thoughts of the Stoics. . . . Philip Freemans introduction and translation are models of their kind."---Harry Mount, Catholic Herald "This small volume by Philip Freeman is an accomplishment and welcomed publication."---Nelu Zugravu, Classica et Christiana

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Philip Freeman is the author of more than twenty books on the ancient world, including the Cicero translations How to Be a Friend, How to Grow Old, and How to Run a Country (all Princeton). He holds the Fletcher Jones Chair as a Professor of Humanities at Pepperdine University and lives in Malibu, California.

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