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- Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion
- Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Cicero and the Translation of Philosophy from Greece to Rome
- Chapter 1 Cicero’s Project in On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination
- Chapter 2 Velleius the Epicurean
- Chapter 3 Balbus the Stoic and Cotta the Skeptic
- Chapter 4 Quintus’ Stoic Case for Divination
- Chapter 5 Marcus’ Arguments against Divination
- Chapter 6 Marcus’ Stance on the Central Question
- Book part
- Appendix 1 Terminology in DND and Div. for Religious Virtues and Vices, and Greek Equivalents
- Appendix 2 Velleius’ Strategies against his Opponents
- Appendix 3 Balbus’ Classification of the Gods
- Bibliography
- General index
- Index locorum antiquorum
Appendix 2 - Velleius’ Strategies against his Opponents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 September 2019
- Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion
- Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Cicero and the Translation of Philosophy from Greece to Rome
- Chapter 1 Cicero’s Project in On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination
- Chapter 2 Velleius the Epicurean
- Chapter 3 Balbus the Stoic and Cotta the Skeptic
- Chapter 4 Quintus’ Stoic Case for Divination
- Chapter 5 Marcus’ Arguments against Divination
- Chapter 6 Marcus’ Stance on the Central Question
- Book part
- Appendix 1 Terminology in DND and Div. for Religious Virtues and Vices, and Greek Equivalents
- Appendix 2 Velleius’ Strategies against his Opponents
- Appendix 3 Balbus’ Classification of the Gods
- Bibliography
- General index
- Index locorum antiquorum
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- Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion<I>On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination</I>, pp. 282Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019