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Alex Petkas on Pompey and Posidonius (Episode 128)
Stoa Conversations: Stoicism Applied
Posidonius' Perspectives on Religion and Divination
Exploring Posidonius's views on religion, including his hypothesis that Moses was an Egyptian priest who founded Judaism, his admiration for Judaism's temple in Jerusalem, and his high regard for divination. The chapter also discusses the stoic God as nature, reason, and providence, Posidonius's influence on Roman intellectual curiosity in natural philosophy, and the significance of studying history for philosophers.
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