First published between 1880 and 1885, Joseph B. Mayor's
three-volume edition of De Natura Deorum is remarkable for its
thorough commentary. This volume contains Cicero's Book 2, which
presents the Stoic argument for the existence of the gods and their
providential ordering of the universe. Set within the home of the
orator Caius Aurelius Cotta, it follows the Epicurean and Academic
arguments of Book 1. Here the Stoic Balbus defends his basic
premise that the majesty of creation - the harmony existing among
infinitely varied phenomena - can only derive from the wisdom of
divine reason. As the fullest expression of Stoic theology in De
Natura Deorum, this book provides crucial insight into the school's
views on cosmology, divine providence, and the role of deities in
representing the natural universe. It reveals Cicero's intellectual
range as he evaluates the major metaphysical debates dividing the
Roman philosophical schools.
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