First published between 1880 and 1885, Joseph B. Mayor's
three-volume edition of De Natura Deorum places Cicero's
speculative theological dialogue in the context of the arguments of
the Epicureans, the Stoics, the Academics, and their predecessors.
Equipped with a detailed commentary and a substantial introduction
to the history of Greek philosophy, it remains a clear presentation
of Cicero's complex philosophical project, an enquiry into the
nature of the divine and its relationship to modes of human
perception. Set within the home of the orator Caius Aurelius Cotta,
Cicero's Book 1 balances the arguments of the Epicurean Velleius
against the Academic Cotta as they debate whether the gods may in
any way resemble the human form. A demonstration above all of
Cicero's own intellectual rigour and sceptical wit, this volume
showcases his careful evaluation of the inheritance of Greek
natural philosophy within the Roman intellectual tradition.
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