CLASSIC 20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Rhodes, Rhetoric, Panaetius
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Cicero: roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, roman constitutionalist, 106-43 bce g. If we wish to compare our people with foreigners, we find that we are their equals or even at times their inferiors in all matters but one, in this we are far superior: our devotion to the gods g. i. Three kinds of religious thinking: marcus terentius varro (116-27 bce, kind sung by the poets (traditional myths, kind thought out by the philosophers (greek thinkers) c. i. Varro thought this was the only true one: kind devised by the politicians d. i. Polybius: 2nd-century bce greek historian wrote on origins of roman imperialism, the quality in which the roman commonwealth is most distinctly superior is in my opinion the nature of their religious convictions. Epicurus: 341-270 bce, born on greek island of samos (off coast of modern turkey, studied before returning to athens to his parents, his school would be known for its meeting place between stoa and.
