How to Think about God [electronic resource] : An Ancient Guide for Believers and Nonbelievers

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자료유형	e-Book
서명/저자사항	How to Think about God [electronic resource]: An Ancient Guide for Believers and Nonbelievers / Marcus Tullius Cicero ; selected, translated, and introduced by Philip Freeman.
개인저자	Cicero, Marcus Tullius, author. Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Container of (expression): Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Container of (expression): Selections. Freeman, Philip, 1961- editor, translator, writer of introduction.
단체저자명	Project Muse.
발행사항	Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, [2019].
형태사항	1 online resource (pages cm.).
총서사항	Ancient wisdom for modern readers
ISBN	069119744X 9780691197449
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references.
내용주기	On the nature of the gods (2.1-44) -- The dream of Scipio.
요약	"The majority of Romans were a deeply religious people, though their religion took on forms most of us in the modern world would find unfamiliar. One of the most popular systems of belief among Roman as well as Greek thinkers was Stoicism. Although not strictly a religion Stoicism had many religious aspects including an understanding of the universe as a materialistic, yet continuous and living whole in which Stoics view both the gods and a supreme God as essential elements. This belief system is clearly expressed by Cicero in a central section of his book The Nature of the Gods, a work in which he has different Romans argue various positions on divinity at length. In How to Think about God(s), translator Philip Freeman presents a new translation of this central section which had tremendous influence on religious thinkers (Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Dante, etc.) for centuries to come. He will also translate Cicero's famous text, The Dream of Scipio, which further articulates the Stoic position on divinity and human immortality. Taking these two fragments of Cicero's corpus of religious writings together, we have a succinct presentation of one of the most influential religious systems of the classical world. Cicero himself varied in his religious beliefs over his lifetime and never wholly embraced Stoicism, but he always admired its teachings and was deeply influenced by them. In these two works he explains fairly and even beautifully the ideas of Stoicism without committing himself to them. How to Think about God(s) is an illuminating illustration of what the key religious thinking was by one of the key religious Roman thinkers at the dawn of the Christian era"--
해제	Provided by publisher.
주제명(개인명)	Scipio Aemilianus, P. Cornelius -- Africanus minor,(Publius Cornelius), -- 185 B.C. or 184 B.C.-129 B.C. Scipio, -- Africanus,approximately 236 B.C.-183 B.C. Cicero, Marcus TulliusTranslations into English. Cicero, Marcus Tullius.fast -- Scipio Aemilianus, P. Cornelius -- Africanus minor,(Publius Cornelius), -- 185 B.C. or 184 B.C.-129 B.C. -- fast -- Scipio, -- Africanus,approximately 236 B.C.-183 B.C. -- fast --
주제명(지명)	Rome --Religion. Rome (Empire) --fast
일반주제명	Gods, Roman --Early works to 1800. Stoics --Early works to 1800. Theology --Early works to 1800. Cosmology, Ancient. PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical. Cosmology, Ancient. Gods, Roman. Religion. Stoics. Theology.
분류기호(DDC)	292.07
언어	In English translation next to original Latin text ; introduction in English.
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