Cicero on Divination, Book 1 Peter Franz The strength of the book

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Cicero on Divination, Book 1 Peter Franz The strength of the bookIn the two Books ofDe divinatione Cicero considers beliefs concerning fate and the possibility of prediction: in the first book he puts the (principally Stoic) case for them in the mouth of his brother Quintus; in the second, speaking in his own person, he argues against them. In this new translation of, and commentary on, Book One the first in English for over 80 years David Wardle guides the reader through the course of Cicero's argument, giving