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The Dream of Scipio (Latin, Somnium Scipionis), written by Cicero, is the sixth book of De re publica, and describes a fictional dream vision of the Roman general Scipio Aemilianus, set two years before he commanded at the destruction of Carthage in 146 BC.Upon his arrival in Africa, a guest at the court of Massinissa, Scipio Aemilianus is visited by his dead grandfather (by adoption), Scipio Africanus, hero of the Second Punic War. He finds himself looking down upon Carthage "from a high place full of stars, shining and splendid". His future is foretold by his grandfather, and great stress is placed upon the loyal duty of the Roman soldier, who will as a reward after death "inhabit... that circle that shines forth among the stars which you have learned from the Greeks to call the Milky Way". Nevertheless, Scipio Aemilianus sees that Rome is an insignificant part of the earth, which is itself dwarfed by the stars. The planetary spheres are enumerated with references to Pythagorean thought and the idea of the Music of the Spheres. Then the climatic belts of the earth are observed, from the snow fields to the deserts, and there is discussion of the nature of the Divine, the soul and virtue, from the Stoic point of view.The literary and philosophical influence of the Somnium was great. Macrobius commented on it in his Commentarii in Somnium Scipionis, which in turn was an important source for medieval dream theory.… (plus d'informations)
Ci sono molte cose che mi sono piaciute in questo testo: l'eleganza dello stile e l'esposizione ben strutturata, l'atmosfera serena e fiduciosa, il fervore con cui l'Africano descrive spiega ed esorta, l'immagine di un universo ordinato e armonioso: un cosmo, per l'appunto, fatto di sfere concentriche, sensato e prevedibile, finito e comprensibile, ma che ha anche un pizzico di magico e di fantastico, e dotato di una dimensione morale: le anime sono immortali e dopo la morte del corpo andranno in cielo, nella via lattea e nella felicità, ma quelle dei virtuosi ci arriveranno prima, e sarà questo il vero premio della virtù. Tutto questo ho trovato in questo "Sogno di Scipione": è bello, ma, appunto, è solo un sogno, nient'altro che un sogno. ( )
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Quando arrivai in Africa (come saprete ero stato assegnato al console Manio Manilio, quale tribuno militare della quarta legione), la prima cosa che feci fu quella di andare a trovare Massinissa, un re che per giusti motivi era in stretti legami d'amicizia con la mia famiglia.
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«Ma affinché tu, o Africano, possa servire la repubblica con un impegno ancora maggiore, sappi questo: per tutti coloro che avranno contribuito alla conservazione, alla salvezza e all'accrescimento della patria, c'è una sede sicura loro assegnata nel cielo, della quale potranno godere, felici, per l'eternità.»
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The Dream of Scipio (Latin, Somnium Scipionis), written by Cicero, is the sixth book of De re publica, and describes a fictional dream vision of the Roman general Scipio Aemilianus, set two years before he commanded at the destruction of Carthage in 146 BC.Upon his arrival in Africa, a guest at the court of Massinissa, Scipio Aemilianus is visited by his dead grandfather (by adoption), Scipio Africanus, hero of the Second Punic War. He finds himself looking down upon Carthage "from a high place full of stars, shining and splendid". His future is foretold by his grandfather, and great stress is placed upon the loyal duty of the Roman soldier, who will as a reward after death "inhabit... that circle that shines forth among the stars which you have learned from the Greeks to call the Milky Way". Nevertheless, Scipio Aemilianus sees that Rome is an insignificant part of the earth, which is itself dwarfed by the stars. The planetary spheres are enumerated with references to Pythagorean thought and the idea of the Music of the Spheres. Then the climatic belts of the earth are observed, from the snow fields to the deserts, and there is discussion of the nature of the Divine, the soul and virtue, from the Stoic point of view.The literary and philosophical influence of the Somnium was great. Macrobius commented on it in his Commentarii in Somnium Scipionis, which in turn was an important source for medieval dream theory.
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