De natura deorum

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De natura deorum is a philosophical dialogue by the Roman orator and statesman Cicero that examines competing theological and religious doctrines in late Republican Rome.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin literature ⓘ
philosophical dialogue ⓘ
work of theology ⓘ
approximateDateOfComposition 1st century BCE ⓘ
author Cicero ⓘ
circulation read in educated circles in ancient Rome ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Roman Republic ⓘ
dialogueCharacter Cicero ⓘ
Gaius Cotta ⓘ
Gaius Velleius ⓘ
linked to: Velleius Paterculus

Quintus Lucilius Balbus ⓘ
examines arguments for the existence of gods ⓘ
divine providence ⓘ
nature of divine happiness ⓘ
problem of evil ⓘ
relationship between religion and philosophy ⓘ
genre philosophical dialogue ⓘ
theological treatise ⓘ
hasTitleInEnglish On the Nature of the Gods ⓘ
linked to: De natura deorum
influenced Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
Renaissance humanism ⓘ
Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas

early Christian theology ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryPeriod Golden Age of Latin literature ⓘ
linked to: Augustan age
mainTopic Roman religion ⓘ
nature of the gods ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
religious doctrine ⓘ
theology ⓘ
narrativeForm dialogue ⓘ
originalLanguage Latin ⓘ
partOf Cicero's philosophical works ⓘ
philosophicalPositionRepresented Academic skepticism about the gods ⓘ
Epicurean theology ⓘ
linked to: Epicureanism

Stoic theology ⓘ
philosophicalSchoolDiscussed Academic skepticism ⓘ
Epicureanism ⓘ
Stoicism ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Hellenistic philosophy received in Rome ⓘ
preservationStatus survives in medieval manuscripts ⓘ
relatedWork De divinatione ⓘ
linked to: On Divination

De officiis ⓘ
Tusculanae disputationes ⓘ
setting late Roman Republic ⓘ
linked to: Late Roman Republic
structure three books ⓘ

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Cicero → notableWork → De natura deorum ⓘ
De natura deorum → hasTitleInEnglish → On the Nature of the Gods ⓘ
linked to: De natura deorum
Quintus Lucilius Balbus → appearsIn → De natura deorum ⓘ
Quintus Lucilius Balbus → sourceForKnowledge → Cicero’s De natura deorum ⓘ
linked to: De natura deorum
Nature of the gods → centralThemeOf → De natura deorum ⓘ
subject linked to: nature of the gods
Nature of the gods → discussedIn → De natura deorum ⓘ
subject linked to: nature of the gods
De Divinatione → associatedWork → De Natura Deorum ⓘ
subject linked to: Cicero's "De Divinatione"
linked to: De natura deorum
On Providence (Panaetius, lost) → relatedWorkByTheme → On the Nature of the Gods (Cicero) ⓘ
linked to: De natura deorum