Cicerón, Agustín y las raíces filosóficas de los diálogos de Casiciaco

Abstract

To fully understand St. Augustine’s Cassiciacum dialogues, one must understand how they relate to the philosophical works of Marcus Tullius Cicero. Specifically, Augustine’s Contra Academicos is a response to Cicero’s Academica; and his De beata uita is a response to Cicero’s De finibus and Tusculanæ disputationes; and his De ordine is a response to Cicero’s trilogy on providence, De natura deorum, De diuinatione, and De fato. Recognizing the connection between these works sheds new light on the meaning and importance of the Cassiciacum dialogues.