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How to Think about God An Ancient Guide for Believers and Nonbelievers

Hardcover • 2019 • English

How to Think about God An Ancient Guide for Believers and Nonbelievers

By Marcus Tullius Cicero

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About the book

A vivid and accessible new translation of Cicero’s influential writings on the Stoic idea of the divine Most ancient Romans were deeply religious and their world was overflowing with gods—from Jupiter, Minerva, and Mars to countless local divinities, household gods, and ancestral spirits. One of the most influential Roman perspectives on religion came from a nonreligious belief system that is finding new adherents even today: Stoicism. How did the Stoics think about religion? In How to Think ab...Show more

Philosophy of religion
Comparative religion
Christianity

Book details

ISBN

9780691183657

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published year

2019

Language

English

Original title

How to Think about God An Ancient Guide for Believers and Nonbelievers

Format

Hardcover

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