
Debating Divinity
Cicero's Theological Dialogues in Enlightenment England
Katherine A. East(Author)
Brill (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 23. April 2026
Book
Hardback
278 pages
978-90-04-21264-0 (ISBN)
Description
The unrivalled influence of Cicero on pre-modern Western thought is well-known, yet there remain spheres where the Roman's significance has been left unexplored. Debating Divinity recovers for the first time the essential role played by Cicero's theological dialogues - De natura deorum and De divinatione - in the religious debates of Enlightenment England. As early modern thinkers wrestled with the challenges posed to religious orthodoxy by heterodox wielding of nature, science and reason, Cicero's theological dialogues became the surprising field on which new ideas were contested. Combining evidence from both the scholarly tradition and the wider discourse, Debating Divinity reconstructs in full the fascinating place of these dialogues in English intellectual history.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
585 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-21264-0 (9789004212640)
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Katherine A. East is Senior Lecturer in the History of Radical Ideas at Newcastle University. She has published widely on the intellectual history of early modern Britain, the history of scholarship, and the intellectual and cultural legacy of Cicero.