In this video lecture/discussion from my Spring 2013 Introduction to Philosophy class at Marist College, we finish our study of Cicero's work On the Nature of the Gods, focusing on Cotta the Academic philosopher's discourse in book 3. We examine Cotta's criticism of the arguments for the existence of God(s) made by his Epicurean and Stoic interlocutors, discuss Fideism in religious matters, look at his contention that reason is not always a good thing, and end by raising the Problem of Evil
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