Ideas from 'On the Nature of the Gods ('De natura deorum')' by M. Tullius Cicero [44 BCE], by Theme Structure
[found in 'The Nature of the Gods' by Cicero (ed/tr McGregor,Horace) [Penguin 1972,0-14-044265-0]].
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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 5. Fallacy of Composition
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If the parts of the universe are subject to the law of nature, the whole universe must also be subject to it
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17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 8. Dualism of Mind Critique
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Why would mind mix with matter if it didn't need it?
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19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric
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Eloquence educates, exhorts, comforts, distracts and unites us, and raises us from savagery
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25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 3. Punishment / c. Deterrence of crime
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We have the death penalty, but still have thousands of robbers
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature
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Some regard nature simply as an irrational force that imparts movement
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 4. Divine Contradictions
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Why shouldn't the gods fear their own destruction?
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / b. Euthyphro question
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I wonder whether loss of reverence for the gods would mean the end of all virtue
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / d. God decrees morality
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God doesn't obey the laws of nature; they are subject to the law of God
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28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof
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It seems clear to me that we have an innate idea of the divine
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28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / b. Ontological Proof critique
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Many primitive people know nothing of the gods
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28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof
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It is obvious from order that someone is in charge, as when we visit a gymnasium
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If a person cannot feel the power of God when looking at the stars, they are probably incapable of feeling
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If the barbarians of Britain saw a complex machine, they would be baffled, but would know it was designed
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Chance is no more likely to create the world than spilling lots of letters is likely to create a famous poem
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28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / c. Teleological Proof critique
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If everything with regular movement and order is divine, then recurrent illnesses must be divine
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28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 1. Monotheism
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Either the gods are identical, or one is more beautiful than another
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28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 4. God Reflects Humanity
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The gods are happy, so virtuous, so rational, so must have human shape
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28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism
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Why believe in gods if you have never seen them?
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29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / a. Problem of Evil
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The lists of good men who have suffered and bad men who have prospered are endless
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29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / b. Human Evil
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The gods blame men for having vices, but they could have given us enough reason to avoid them
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