The book contains a comprehensive commentary on Cicero's work De fato. The introductory section deals with fundamental questions from an historical and philological perspective. The main section presents a running commentary on the text. Here, the author explains the various proposals presented by Cicero of how the Hellenistic schools intended to resolve the compatibility of liberty and determinism, and presents and evaluates them from a modern standpoint.

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Magnus Schallenberg, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster.