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INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN HUMANIDADES Y CIENCIAS SOCIALES
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
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Título:
Rationality and religious systematization on Antiquitates rerum divinarum, M. T. Varro
Autor/es:
BOGDAN, GUILLERMINA
Lugar:
Erfurt
Reunión:
Conferencia; Kolloquium zur antiken Kultur- und Religionsgeschichte. Philosophische; 2016
Institución organizadora:
Max Weber Kolleg, Erfurt Universität
Resumen:
On one hand, Jocelyn, in his work ?Varro´santiquitates rerum divinarum and religious affairs in the Late Roman Republic?,summarizes two practical Varro´s purposes: one to promote a restoration ofancient belief and practice, the other to provide a more sophisticatedintellectual basis for pious behavior. On the other hand, Peter van Nuffelenexplains that Varro?s Divine Antiquities, and Roman antiquarian literature ofthe Late Republic as a whole, is understood as an attempt both to cope with thefast-changing society and to preserve the ancient heritage in the face ofimminent loss. Varro himself becomes the defender of Roman religioustraditions, which he wants to reclaim from oblivion. Motivated by aninstinctive conservative reaction in the face of rapid changes, he intends tosafeguard tradition, rites, and customs, without any regard for their possibledeeper meaning. These definitions invite us to think about Varro as acollector, observer, keeper, rescuer, and If we read his own definition, we canconfirm that (2a (2a) Aug Civates dei 6, 2). So, the previous definitions ofVarro´s purpose invite us to ask a lot of questions that we try to discuss in thesecond part of this paper. Which is the purpose of an anticuarian (acollector)? Why does it call antiquitates vs res rusticarum? Is Varro´s workonly a kind of systematization? Which is the relation between systematizationand rationalization? When did it happen and why? Which is the concept ofreligio that Varro expressed in the text? Is his work a mixture between religioand philosophia? Which is the purpose of the text? Is it political?