Autore: Eichler, Maria
Titolo: Epicurean pietas and Political Action in Lucretius and Cicero
Rivista/Miscellanea: in : Claudia Beltrão da Rosa, Federico Santangelo, Cicero and Roman religion: eight studies. Potsdamer Alterumswissenschaftliche Beitrage, Band 72. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2020, 154 p.
Editore: Franz Steiner Verlag
Anno edizione: 2020
Pagine: 87-104
Parole chiave: Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy, Religion - Religione - Religion
Descrizione: Maria Eichler sets Cicero’s De Legibus against Lucretius’s De Rerum Natura. She demonstrates that for both thinkers, politics and piety are intertwined, and thus challenges the idea that there was a rupture between law and religion in the late Republic. For Cicero, the initial bond between men and gods forms the foundation of written law; the social order holds together explicitly because people believe in the gods and observe traditional forms of worship. For Lucretius, written law develops instead from deliberation and agreement among men, and for him, belief in the gods can be destructive of social cohesion. [Celia Schultz, BMCR 2020.11.04] [Celia Schultz, BMCR 2020.11.04]
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Sigla autore: Eichler 2020
Titolo: Epicurean pietas and Political Action in Lucretius and Cicero
Rivista/Miscellanea: in : Claudia Beltrão da Rosa, Federico Santangelo, Cicero and Roman religion: eight studies. Potsdamer Alterumswissenschaftliche Beitrage, Band 72. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2020, 154 p.
Editore: Franz Steiner Verlag
Anno edizione: 2020
Pagine: 87-104
Parole chiave: Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy, Religion - Religione - Religion
Descrizione: Maria Eichler sets Cicero’s De Legibus against Lucretius’s De Rerum Natura. She demonstrates that for both thinkers, politics and piety are intertwined, and thus challenges the idea that there was a rupture between law and religion in the late Republic. For Cicero, the initial bond between men and gods forms the foundation of written law; the social order holds together explicitly because people believe in the gods and observe traditional forms of worship. For Lucretius, written law develops instead from deliberation and agreement among men, and for him, belief in the gods can be destructive of social cohesion. [Celia Schultz, BMCR 2020.11.04] [Celia Schultz, BMCR 2020.11.04]
Opere:
Sigla autore: Eichler 2020
