The Nature of the Gods (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Cicero; Walsh, P. G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192825119 ISBN 13: 9780192825117

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1998

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

P. G. Walsh is Emeritus Professor of Humanity at the University of Glasgow. His translation of Petronius's The Satyricon is highly acclaimed.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Latin

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0192825119
• ISBN 13: 9780192825117
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288