Cicero — De Natura Deorum I.57-124

This webpage is part of the *De Natura Deorum* by Cicero, published in the Loeb Classical Library in 1933. It presents a portion of the text in which Cicero's character, Cotta, refutes the Epicurean view of the nature of the gods. Cotta argues that the Epicurean belief in atoms as the source of all things, including the gods, is illogical and that their conception of the gods as lacking true substance and being inactive is absurd. He further criticizes the Epicurean idea that men resemble the gods, arguing that the human form is not the most beautiful or perfect. Overall, the website presents a detailed and critical examination of the Epicurean philosophy on the nature of the gods.