Cicero on Divination: Book 1

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199297924
• ISBN13: 9780199297924
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 8.4"