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De Divinatione

De Divinatione (Latin, "Concerning Divination") is a philosophical dialogue about ancient Roman divination written in 44 BC by Marcus Tullius Cicero.

Nothing so absurd can be said that some philosopher had not said it. (: Sed nescio quo modo nihil tam absurde dici potest quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosophorum) (II, 119)

Latin

That old saying by is quite well known; he said he was surprised that one haruspex did not burst out laughing when he saw another one. (Latin: Vetus autem illud Catonis admodum scitum est, qui mirari se aiebat quod non rideret haruspex haruspicem cum vidisset) (II, 24, 51)

Cato

Dunlop, John (1827), , vol. 1, E. Littell

History of Roman literature from its earliest period to the Augustan age

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Hahmann, Andree (2019). "Cicero Defining the Stoic Science of Divination". Apeiron. 52 (3): 317–337. :10.1515/apeiron-2017-0078.

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Pease, Arthur Stanley, M. Tulli Ciceronis de Divinatione, 2 vol., Urbana 1920–1923 (reprint Darmstadt 1963).

(1986). "Cicero for and against Divination". The Journal of Roman Studies. 76: 47–65. doi:10.2307/300365. JSTOR 300365.

Schofield, Malcolm

Schultz, Clelia E. (2014). Commentary on Cicero, De Divinatione I. Michigan Classical Commentaries. Ann Arbor.{{}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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Dyck, Andrew R. (2020). Commentary on Cicero, De Divinatione II. Michigan Classical Commentaries. Ann Arbor.{{}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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Cicero on divination : De divinatione, book 1. Transl., with introd. and historical commentary by David Wardle, Oxford 2006.

Wardle, David

Wynne, J. P. F. (2019). Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. :10.1017/9781107707429. ISBN 9781107707429.

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De Divinatione, Latin text

De Divinatione, English translation

Wardle, David - OUP Oxford, 30 Nov 2006 ISBN 0199297916

Cicero On Divination, Book 1