Cicero on Divination: Bk.1

Zusatztext Wardle's commentary will stand for decades to come as a worthy modern counterpart and complement to Pease's grand opus Informationen zum Autor David Wardle is Professor of Classics and Ancient History, University of Cape Town. Klappentext In the two Books of De divinatione Cicero considers beliefs concerning fate and the possibility of prediction: in the first book he puts the (principally Stoic) case for them in the mouth of his brother Quintus; in the second! speaking in his own person! he argues against them. In this new translation of! and commentary on! Book One--the first in English for over 80 years--David Wardle guides the reader through the course of Cicero's argument! giving particular attention to the traditional Roman and the philosophical conception of divination. Zusammenfassung A new translation, with introduction and commentary, of Book One of Cicero's De divinatione, in which Cicero explores traditional Roman conceptions of the function and validity of divination. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Translation Commentary

Product details

• Authors: David Wardle
• Assisted by: David Wardle (Editor), Wardle David (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2006
• EAN: 9780199297924
• ISBN: 978-0-19-929792-4
• No. of pages: 488
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 215 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Clarendon Aristotle Series; Clarendon Ancient History; Clarendon Aristotle Series; Clarendon Ancient History Series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Latin, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form