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| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor.author | Παπαδημητρίου, Μαρία | el |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-10T12:17:51Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2015-11-10T12:17:51Z | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/6287 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.26268/heal.uoi.9483 | - |
| dc.rights | Default License | - |
| dc.subject | Περί της φύσεως των Θεών | el |
| dc.subject | Κικέρων (Ρωμαίος Ρήτορας) | el |
| dc.subject | Θησαυροί της ελληνικής φιλοσοφίας στα λατινικά | el |
| dc.subject | Λατινική Γραμματεία | el |
| dc.title | Η δοξογραφία του De Natura Deorum του Κικέρωνα (N. D. 1, 25-41): ερμηνευτική προσέγγιση | el |
| heal.type | journalArticle | - |
| heal.type.en | Journal article | en |
| heal.type.el | Άρθρο περιοδικού | el |
| heal.generalDescription | σ. [21]-67 | el |
| heal.generalDescription | Περίληψη στα αγγλικά | el |
| heal.classification | Cicero, Marcus Tullius | other |
| heal.classification | Κικέρων, Μάρκος Τύλλιος , 106-43--Ερμηνεία και κριτική | el |
| heal.classification | Ρητορική, Αρχαία | el |
| heal.dateAvailable | 2015-11-10T12:18:52Z | - |
| heal.language | el | - |
| heal.access | free | - |
| heal.recordProvider | Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Βιβλιοθήκη και Κέντρο Πληροφόρησης | el |
| heal.publicationDate | 2002 | - |
| heal.bibliographicCitation | Περιλαμβάνει βιβλιογραφικές παραπομπές | el |
| heal.abstract | Aim of the present article is to offer a contribution to the study of the doxography in Cicero’ s De natura deorum as well as an effort to ascertain its Greek source. After a thorough analysis of the doxography’s content and a long discussion on various theories regarding Cicero’s sources has been carried out, our conclusions can be summarized as follows: As Cicero himself declares (N.D. 1, 7-10, De fin 1, 1-13, De div. 2, 1-7 etc.), he had conceived the idea of doing a great service to his country by making the treasures of Greek thought accessible to his fellow-citizens in their own language. Undoubtedly, he used various Greek sources, as he wrote his treatises. Nevertheless we think it is obvious that he did not attempt a word for word translation from the Greek, but he rather adapted his models. We might say that he selected and accepted from his Greek sources, those doctrines that, in his view, were in harmony with the Roman tradition, no matter what school they came from. We pointed out that Cicero, as an Academic, ought never to put forward views as his own, but only to indicate what was probable (probabile vcritatis). Consequently, in his writings he gives the impression of impartiality in exposing to his readers the doctrines of all the schools of his time and allowing them the liberty of selection. Nevertheless he seems to use the proper devices in order to guide his readers towards those doctrines that, in his opinion, would be beneficial for the Roman society and to prevent them from adopting the dangerous ones. His aim was patriotic and at the same time educational. He intended his works primarily for the youth in order to offer them those precepts of Greek philosophy that could contribute to the revival of the traditional Roman virtues (mos maiorum) in a period of ethical, social and political decay. The doxography of De natura deorum is an example of this practice. It is generally admitted that Cicero had some Greek source. On the basis of H. Diels’ (Doxogr. Gr.* 1929) claims, as well as on our own observations, we supported the hypothesis that Cicero’s source for the doxography might have been Phaedrus’ Περί θεών. In addition we argued that the errors and misinterpretations occurring in the doctrines exposed in the doxography by the Epicurean speaker are due to Cicero himself. They are deliberate and aim at giving a bad impression of the Epicurean speaker and by implication of his school as wellrWe believe that it reflects Cicero’s opposition to the Epicureans whose principles were, in his opinion, perilous, not only because of their ethics, dogmatism and political inactivity, but mainly because of their theology. Cicero (as it is obvious from N.D. 1, 3) acknowledged that either right or faulty theories concerning the existence, the nature and the acts of gods could have serious consequences upon men’s relations to one another and upon their loyalty to the State. In this respect, Epicurean gods* lack of concern for the human beings could be proved dangerous for the society and the State. At the same time however, such a conception of the divinity was profoundly alien to the traditional Roman religion. Consequently we might say that, even in this case, Cicero believed that he serves the community, as well as that this was a part of his struggle, both as a politician and as an author, to prevent the disintegration of the Roman Republic. | en |
| heal.publisher | Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Φιλοσοφική Σχολή. Τμήμα Φιλολογίας | el |
| heal.journalName | Δωδώνη: Φιλολογία: επιστημονική επετηρίδα του Τμήματος Φιλολογίας της Φιλοσοφικής Σχολής του Πανεπιστημίου Ιωαννίνων; Τόμ. 31 (2002) | - |
| heal.journalType | peer-reviewed | - |
| heal.fullTextAvailability | true | - |
| Appears in Collections: | Τόμος 31 (2002) | |
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