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De Natura Deorum (On the Nature of the Gods) is a philosophical dialogue by Roman Academic Skeptic philosopher Cicero written in 45 BC. It is laid out in three books that discuss the theological views of the Hellenistic philosophies of Epicureanism , Stoicism , and Academic Skepticism .
Cum multae res in philosophia nequaquam satis adhuc explicatae sint, tum perdifficilis, Brute, quod tu minime ignoras, et perobscura quaestio est de natura deorum, quae et ad cognitionem animi pulcherrima est et ad moderandam religionem necessaria.
Jun 23, 2023 · De Natura Deorum (On the Nature of the Gods) by Marcus Tullius Cicero. →. sister projects: Wikipedia article, quotes, news, textbook, Wikidata item. English-language translations of De Natura Deorum include: On the Nature of the Gods (1888) translated by Charles Duke Yonge, in Cicero's Tusculan Disputations.
Multae autem aliae naturae deorum ex magnis beneficiis eorum non sine causa et a Graeciae sapientissimis et a maioribus nostris constitutae nominataeque sunt. quicquid enim magnam utilitatem generi adferret humano , id non sine divina bonitate erga homines fieri arbitrabantur .
[p. 1] Cum multae res in philosophia nequaquam satis adhuc explicatae sint, tum perdifficilis, Brute, quod tu minime ignoras, et perobscura quaestio est de natura deorum, quae et ad cognitionem animi pulcherrima est et ad moderandam religionem necessaria.
Introduction to De Natura Deorum. in his youth had listened eagerly to his oratory ( Brutus, 305, 317); he had been banished in 90 b.c. under the Varian law ( De Or. iii. 11), had returned to Rome 82 b.c. ( Brut. 311), and became consul 75 b.c. and then proconsul of Gaul, but died before his triumph.
De Natura Deorum. Introduction. Subject .—In De Natura Deorum Cicero put before Roman readers the theological views of the three schools of philosophy that were of chief importance in his day and in the two preceding centuries, the Epicurean, the Stoic, and the Academic.
