Open AccessOn the status of natural divination in Stoicism
Author(s) -
Pavle Stojanović
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
theoria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-081X
pISSN - 0351-2274
DOI - 10.2298/theo2001005s
Subject(s) - divination , cicero , stoicism , natural (archaeology) , ascription , philosophy , epistemology , classics , art , history , theology , archaeology
Cicero?s De divinatione portrays the Stoics as unanimous in advocating both natural and technical divination. I argue that, contrary to this, the earlier leaders of the school like Chrysippus had reasons to consider natural divination to be significantly epistemically inferior to its technical counterpart. The much more favorable treatment of natural divination in De divinatione is likely the result of changes introduced later, probably by Posidonius.