On Divination
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On Divination is a lost philosophical treatise by the Stoic thinker Panaetius of Rhodes, in which he critically examined and questioned traditional beliefs about prophetic practices and the possibility of foreknowledge.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| De divinatione | 1 |
| On Divination canonical | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek philosophical work
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lost philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| associatedPhilosopher | Panaetius of Rhodes ⓘ |
| associatedSchool | Middle Stoa ⓘ |
| author | Panaetius of Rhodes ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | traditional Greek religious beliefs about prophecy ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Classical antiquity
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surface form:
Greco-Roman world
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| genre | philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier Stoic doctrines ⓘ |
| knownFrom | later testimonies and references ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
divination
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foreknowledge ⓘ prophecy ⓘ |
| philosophicalApproach | critical examination of traditional beliefs ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Stoicism ⓘ |
| philosophicalTheme |
compatibility of divination with Stoic doctrine of fate
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epistemology of prophecy ⓘ |
| positionOnDivination | critical of traditional prophetic practices ⓘ |
| positionOnForeknowledge | skeptical about the possibility of certain foreknowledge ⓘ |
| questionedConcept |
deterministic foreknowledge
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reliability of divinatory signs ⓘ |
| questionedPractice | prophetic practices ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
fate
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human rationality ⓘ providence ⓘ |
| status | lost work ⓘ |
| survivalStatus | extant only in fragments or reports ⓘ |
| workType | philosophical critique of divination ⓘ |
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De divinatione