Epicurus and Cicero: Each one with his God and with his Religion

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Autor(a) principal: Spinelli, Miguel
Data de Publicação: 2023
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Hypnos
Texto Completo: https://hypnos.org.br/index.php/hypnos/article/view/691
Resumo: This article is concerned with showing how Epicurus’ conception of gods and religion promoted great conflicts and indecision among the Latins, and to do so by analyzing the opinions registered by Cicero in the De natura deorum. The article is fundamentally restricted to the first chapter of that work, i.e. to the debate between the senator Gaius Vellei (an adherent and defender of Epicurus’ opinions) and the pontifex Gaius Aurelius Cotta (an adherent of the skeptical philosophy defended by members of Plato’s Academy). Cotta was Julius Caesar’s uncle. There are two frankly different conceptions: one, that of the Latins which traces the paths in which religion (from the Greeks to the Latins and onwards) insisted on promoting an efficient consortium of political power and popular force to maintain it; the other, that of Epicurus which was characterized by the dissolution of this consortium and by proposing ideals that still today have not achieved an effective success.
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spelling Epicurus and Cicero: Each one with his God and with his ReligionEpicuro e Cícero: cada um com seu Deus e com sua ReligiãoEpicurosGodCiceroReligionCíceroEpicuroDeusReligiãoThis article is concerned with showing how Epicurus’ conception of gods and religion promoted great conflicts and indecision among the Latins, and to do so by analyzing the opinions registered by Cicero in the De natura deorum. The article is fundamentally restricted to the first chapter of that work, i.e. to the debate between the senator Gaius Vellei (an adherent and defender of Epicurus’ opinions) and the pontifex Gaius Aurelius Cotta (an adherent of the skeptical philosophy defended by members of Plato’s Academy). Cotta was Julius Caesar’s uncle. There are two frankly different conceptions: one, that of the Latins which traces the paths in which religion (from the Greeks to the Latins and onwards) insisted on promoting an efficient consortium of political power and popular force to maintain it; the other, that of Epicurus which was characterized by the dissolution of this consortium and by proposing ideals that still today have not achieved an effective success.Este artigo se ocupa em evidenciar como a concepção de Epicuro a respeito dos deuses e da religião promoveu grandes conflitos e indecisões entre os latinos, analisando as opiniões registradas por Cícero no De natura deorum. O trabalho se restringe fundamentalmente ao primeiro capítulo da obra, isto é, ao debate travado entre o senador Gaius Vellei (adepto e defensor das opiniões de Epicuro) e o pontifex Gaius Aurelius Cotta (adepto da filosofia cética defendida pelos membros da Academia de Platão). Estão em jogo duas concepções francamente distintas: uma, a dos latinos que traça os rumos pelos quais a religião (desde os gregos, depois entre os latinos e na posteridade) insistiu em promover um eficiente consórcio entre o poder político e a força popular que o mantém; a outra, a de Epicuro, que se caracterizou pela dissolução desse consórcio e pela proposição de ideais que ainda hoje não encontraram um eficiente sucesso.Revista HypnosHypnos Journal2023-10-20info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hypnos.org.br/index.php/hypnos/article/view/691Revista Hypnos; n. 51 (2023); 123-166Hypnos Journal; No. 51 (2023); 123-1662177-53461413-9138reponame:Hypnosinstname:Faculdade de São Bento (FSB)instacron:FSBporhttps://hypnos.org.br/index.php/hypnos/article/view/691/644Copyright (c) 2023 Revista Hypnoshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSpinelli, Miguel2023-10-20T14:25:49Zoai:ojs.hypnos.org.br:article/691Revistahttps://hypnos.org.br/index.php/hypnosPRIhttps://hypnos.org.br/index.php/hypnos/oairachelgazolla@gmail.com2177-53461413-9138opendoar:2023-10-20T14:25:49Hypnos - Faculdade de São Bento (FSB)false
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Epicuro e Cícero: cada um com seu Deus e com sua Religião
title Epicurus and Cicero: Each one with his God and with his Religion
spellingShingle Epicurus and Cicero: Each one with his God and with his Religion
Spinelli, Miguel
Epicuros
God
Cicero
Religion
Cícero
Epicuro
Deus
Religião
title_short Epicurus and Cicero: Each one with his God and with his Religion
title_full Epicurus and Cicero: Each one with his God and with his Religion
title_fullStr Epicurus and Cicero: Each one with his God and with his Religion
title_full_unstemmed Epicurus and Cicero: Each one with his God and with his Religion
title_sort Epicurus and Cicero: Each one with his God and with his Religion
author Spinelli, Miguel
author_facet Spinelli, Miguel
author_role author
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Epicuros
God
Cicero
Religion
Cícero
Epicuro
Deus
Religião
topic Epicuros
God
Cicero
Religion
Cícero
Epicuro
Deus
Religião
description This article is concerned with showing how Epicurus’ conception of gods and religion promoted great conflicts and indecision among the Latins, and to do so by analyzing the opinions registered by Cicero in the De natura deorum. The article is fundamentally restricted to the first chapter of that work, i.e. to the debate between the senator Gaius Vellei (an adherent and defender of Epicurus’ opinions) and the pontifex Gaius Aurelius Cotta (an adherent of the skeptical philosophy defended by members of Plato’s Academy). Cotta was Julius Caesar’s uncle. There are two frankly different conceptions: one, that of the Latins which traces the paths in which religion (from the Greeks to the Latins and onwards) insisted on promoting an efficient consortium of political power and popular force to maintain it; the other, that of Epicurus which was characterized by the dissolution of this consortium and by proposing ideals that still today have not achieved an effective success.
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