Octavius
work by Minucius
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discussed in biography
- In Marcus Minucius Felix
…Roman lawyer, he wrote the Octavius, a dialogue on Providence and Christianity in general, between the skeptic pagan Caecilius Natalis and the Christian Octavius Januarius, Minucius’ friend. Written for educated non-Christians, the arguments are borrowed chiefly from Cicero, especially his De natura deorum (“Concerning the Nature of the Gods”), and…
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Latin Apologists
- In Apologist: Latin Apologists
…the arguments of his dialogue Octavius are borrowed chiefly from Cicero, especially his De natura deorum (“Concerning the Nature of the Gods”), and Christian material, mainly from the Greek Apologists. The distinction of the treatise lies in its classical refinement rather than in its originality.
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