How to Think About God: An Ancient Guide for Believers and Nonbelievers

A vivid and accessible new translation of Cicero's influential Stoic writings on the divine



Most ancient Romans were deeply religious and their world was overflowing with gods-from Jupiter, Minerva, and Mars to countless local divinities, household gods, and ancestral spirits. One of the most influential Roman perspectives on religion came from a nonreligious belief system that is finding new adherents even today: Stoicism. How did the Stoics think about religion? In How to Think about God, ...