After Life in Roman Paganism by Franz Cumont
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"After Life in Roman Paganism" by Franz Cumont is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work discusses the beliefs and ideas of Roman paganism regarding the afterlife, focusing on the conceptions of the soul's fate after death. This analysis highlights the evolving beliefs about immortality, punishment, and reward that characterized the religious landscape of ancient Rome. At the start of the text, the author sets the stage for
the exploration of Roman beliefs about the afterlife, noting the contemporary relevance of these ideas given the horrors of recent conflicts. Cumont indicates the need for a comprehensive investigation into the evolution of Roman eschatological thought, tracing how earlier notions of afterlife shifted as philosophical schools like Epicureanism and Stoicism influenced societal views. He touches on the importance of burial practices, the persistence of primitive beliefs, and the various conceptions of the nether world, all of which provide a framework for understanding how ancient Romans perceived death and life after it. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Cumont, Franz, 1868-1947 |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 22024887 |
| Title | After Life in Roman Paganism |
| Credits | deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 67.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | BL: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Religion: General, Miscellaneous and Atheism |
| Subject | Rome -- Religion |
| Subject | Paganism -- Rome |
| Subject | Future life |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 64297 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-64297-0 |
| Release Date | Jan 14, 2021 |
| Last Update | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 721 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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