On the Nature of the Gods (O Prirode Bogov)

Cicero, a renowned Roman politician, a great orator, and a brilliant writer, was one of the most brilliant and talented figures of his time. His works are distinguished by their magnificent style, rich and figurative language, emotional intensity, and profound insight into the most pressing issues of his time, which undoubtedly remain relevant and even topical two thousand years later. Indeed, how could the themes raised by Cicero in his famous Tusculan Discourses—'On Contempt of Death,' 'On the Overcoming of Pain,' 'On Consolation in Grief'—lose their relevance? This edition, in addition to the Tusculan Discourses, also includes the treatise 'On the Nature of the Gods,' a fictional debate on the structure of the universe between the three most influential philosophical schools of ancient Rome—the Epicureans, the Academicians, and the Stoics.