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Providentia (Pronoia)

Providence

also: Pronoea, Pronoia, Providence

The personified divine Providence of the Stoics (Greek Pronoia), which Velleius mockingly calls a 'prophesying old woman.' Cicero gives the Latin rendering Providentia.

Mentioned in 7 works (16 total)

Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book III speeches · 1 mention
On the Manilian Law (On the Command of Pompey) speeches · 1 mention
On His Return: To the Senate speeches · 1 mention
Academica philosophy · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 13.8 letters · 1 mention
On the Nature of the Gods philosophy · 10 mentions
Timaeus (Latin translation) philosophy · 1 mention

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