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