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- ISBN 9780199297917
- Weight: 696g
- Dimensions: 145 x 224mm
- Publication Date: 30 Nov 2006
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
David Wardle is Professor of Classics and Ancient History, University of Cape Town.
