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Athenian Infidel Tenets and Roman Religion in 18th Century Debate
The essayistic fragment argues that Epicurean atheism and Lucretius's poetry corrode public virtue and religious faith. It recounts Polybius and Cicero on perjury, oaths, and the fear of gods as bulwarks of republics, then contemplates love and mating as powerful yet perilous passions shaping manners and judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cicero
Epicurus
Lucretius
Polybius
Ci Cero
Saliul
Lucius Philippus
Lepidus
Polybus
Polybius ‘Remy
Capahion
Charles
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