BOOK I. OF THE FALSE WORSHIP OF THE GODS
- CHAP. I.—OF RELIGION AND WISDOM.
- CHAP. II.—THAT THERE IS A PROVIDENCE IN THE
AFFAIRS OF MEN.
- CHAP. III.—WHETHER THE UNIVERSE IS GOVERNED BY
THE POWER OF ONE GOD OR OF MANY.
- CHAP. IV.—THAT THE ONE GOD WAS FORETOLD EVEN BY
THE PROPHETS.
- CHAP. VI.—OF DIVINE TESTIMONIES, AND OF THE
SIBYLS AND THEIR PREDICTIONS.
- CHAP. VII.—CONCERNING THE TESTIMONIES OF APOLLO
AND THE GODS.
- CHAP. VIII.—THAT GOD IS WITHOUT A BODY, NOR DOES
HE NEED DIFFERENCE OF SEX FOR PROCREATION.
- CHAP. IX.—OF HERCULES AND HIS LIFE AND DEATH.(2)
- CHAP. X.—OF THE LIFE AND ACTIONS AESCULAPIUS,
APOLLO, NEPTUNE, MARS,CASTOR AND POLLUX, MERCURY AND BACCHUS.
- CHAP. XI.—OF THE ORIGIN, LIFE, REIGN, NAME AND
DEATH OF JUPITER, AND OF SATURN AND URANUS.(2)
- CHAP. XII.—THAT THE STOICS TRANSFER THE FIGMENTS
OF THE POETS TO A PHILOSOPHICAL SYSTEM.
- CHAP. XIII.- HOW VAIN AND TRIFLING ARE THE
INTERPRETATIONS OF THE STOICS RESPECTING THE GODS, AND IN THEM
CONCERNING THE ORIGIN OF JUPITER, CONCERNING SATURN AND OPS.
- CHAP. XIV.—WHAT THE SACRED HISTORY OF EUHEMERUS
AND ENNIUS TEACHES CONCERNING THE GODS.
- CHAP. XV.—HOW THEY WHO WERE MEN OBTAINED THE
NAME OF GODS.
- CHAP. XVII.—CONCERNING THE SAME OPINION OF THE
STOICS, AND CONCERNING THE HARDSHIPS AND DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT OF THE
GODS.
- CHAP. XVIII.—ON THE CONSECRATION OF GODS, ON
ACCOUNT OF THE BENEFITS WHICH THEY CONFERRED UPON MEN.
- CHAP. XIX.—THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANY ONE TO
WORSHIP THE TRUE GOD TOGETHER WITH FALSE DEITIES.
- CHAP.XX.—OF THE GODS PECULIAR TO THE ROMANS,
AND THEIR SACRED RITES.
- CHAP. XXI.—OF CERTAIN DEITIES PECULIAR TO
BARBARIANS, AND THEIR SACRED RITES; AND IN LIKE MANNER CONCERNING THE
ROMANS.
- CHAP. XXII.—WHO WAS THE AUTHOR OF THE VANITIES
BEFORE DESCRIBED IN ITALY AMONG THE ROMANS, AND WHO AMONG OTHER NATIONS.
- CHAP. XXIII.—OF THE AGES OF VAIN SUPERSTITIONS,
AND THE TIMES AT WHICH THEY COMMENCED.
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