A vivid and accessible new translation of Cicero's influential Stoic writings on the divineMost 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? InHow to Think about God, Philip Freeman presents vivid new translations of Cicero'sOn the Nature of the GodsandThe Dream of Scipio. In these brief works, Cicero offers a Stoic view of belief, divinity, and human immortality, giving eloquent expression to the religious ideas of one of the most popular schools of Roman and Greek philosophy.On the Nature of the GodsandThe Dream of Scipioare Cicero's best-known and most important writings on religion,...