Commentary

• Études sur l’humanisme ciceronian

  - Pierre Boyancé, Études sur l’humanisme ciceronian. Collection Latomus 121, Brussels, 1970.

• “The law of nature in Philo and Cicero.”

  - Richard A. Horsley, “The law of nature in Philo and Cicero,” Harvard Theological Review, 71: 35-59., 1978.
  Overview: –  “Christian Natural Law is the acceptance and reinterpretation according to Christian and ecclesiastical principles of Stoic Natural Law. …” Thus runs Troeltsch’s classic and influential formulation of the view that Stoicism… More

• Foundations of Modern Political Thought (2 vols.)

  - Quentin Skinner, Foundations of Modern Political Thought (2 vols.). Cambridge University Press, 1978.
  Overview: –  A two-volume study of political thought from the late thirteenth to the end of the sixteenth century, the decisive period of transition from medieval to modern political theory. The work is intended to be both an introduction to the period… More

• “Cicero for and against divination.”

  - Malcolm Schofield,  “Cicero for and against divination,” Journal of Roman Studies, 76: 47-65., 1986.

• “Cicéron, De legibus I-II et la religion romaine: une interprétation philosophique à la veille du principat.”

  - J. Turpin, “Cicéron, De legibus I-II et la religion romaine: une interprétation philosophique à la veille du principat,” ANRW 2.16.3: 1,877-908., 1986.

• The Idea of Natural Rights: Studies on Natural Rights, Natural Law and Church Law 1150-1625.

  - Brian Tierney, The Idea of Natural Rights: Studies on Natural Rights, Natural Law and Church Law 1150-1625. Emory University Studies in Law and Religion. Atlanta, 1997.
  Overview: –  This series, originally published by Scholars Press and now available from Eerdmans, is intended to foster exploration of the religious dimensions of law, the legal dimensions of religion, and the interaction of legal and religious ideas,… More

• “Theodicy and providential care in Stoicism.”

  - Dorothea Frede, “Theodicy and providential care in Stoicism,” in Traditions in Theology: Studies in Hellenistic Theology, Its Background and Aftermath, eds. D. Frede and A. Laks. Leiden: 85-117., 2002.

• A Commentary on Cicero, De legibus

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  Andrew R. Dyck, A Commentary on Cicero, De legibus. Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2004.

   

  Overview: –  De Legibus has been one of Cicero’s most neglected works; this new commentary provides a detailed interpretation and places the essay in the context of the politics and philosophical thought of its time. Just as Plato drafted a… More

• The Matter of the Gods: Religion and the Roman Empire

  - Cliffton Ando The Matter of the Gods: Religion and the Roman Empire. Berkeley, California, 2008.
  Overview: What did the Romans know about their gods? Why did they perform the rituals of their religion, and what motivated them to change those rituals? To these questions Clifford Ando proposes simple answers: In contrast to ancient Christians, who had… More