The Refutation of All Heresies, Book 1
THE REFUTATION OF ALL HERESIES
BOOK I.
CHAP. I.—THALES; HIS PHYSICS AND THEOLOGY; FOUNDER OF GREEK ASTRONOMY.
CHAP.II.—PYTHAGORAS; HIS COSMOGONY; RULES OF HIS SECT; DISCOVERER OF PHYSIOGNOMY; HIS PHILOSOPHY OF NUMBERS; HIS SYSTEM OF THE TRANSMIGRATION OF SOULS; ZARATAS ON DEMONS; WHY PYTHAGORAS FORBADE THE EATING OF BEANS; THE MODE OF LIVING ADOPTED BY HIS DISCIPLES.
CHAP. III.—EMPEDOCLES; HIS TWOFOLD CAUSE; TENET OF TRANSMIGRATION.
CHAP. IV.—HERACLITUS; HIS UNIVERSAL DOGMATISM; HIS THEORY OF FLUX; OTHER SYSTEMS.
CHAP. V.—ANAXIMANDER; HIS THEORY OF THE INFINITE; HIS ASTRONOMIC OPINIONS; HIS PHYSICS.
CHAP. VI.—ANAXIMENES; HIS SYSTEM OF "AN INFINITE AIR;" HIS VIEWS OF ASTRONOMY AND NATURAL PHENOMENA.
CHAP. VII.—ANAXAGORAS; HIS THEORY OF MIND; RECOGNISES AN EFFICIENT CAUSE; HIS COSMOGONY AND ASTRONOMY.
CHAP. VIII.—ARCHELAUS; SYSTEM AKIN TO THAT OF ANAXAGORAS; HIS ORIGIN OF THE EARTH AND OF ANIMALS; OTHER SYSTEMS.
CHAP. IX.—PARMENIDES; HIS THEORY OF "UNITY;" HIS ESCHATOLOGY.
CHAP. X.—LEUCIPPUS; HIS ATOMIC THEORY.
CHAP. XI.—DEMOCRITUS; HIS DUALITY OF PRINCIPLES; HIS COSMOGONY.
CHAP. XII.—XENOPHANES; HIS SCEPTICISM; HIS NOTIONS OF GOD AND NATURE; BELIEVES IN A FLOOD.
CHAP. XIII.—ECPHANTUS; HIS SCEPTICISM; TENET OF INFINITY.
CHAP. XIV.—HIPPO; HIS DUALITY OF PRINCIPLES; HIS PSYCHOLOGY.
CHAP. XV.—SOCRATES; HIS PHILOSOPHY REPRODUCED BY PLATO.
CHAP. XVI.—PLATO; THREEFOLD CLASSIFICATION OF PRINCIPLES; HIS IDEA OF GOD; DIFFERENT OPINIONS REGARDING HIS THEOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY; HIS ESCHATOLOGY AND SYSTEM OF METEMPSYCHOSIS; HIS ETHICAL DOCTRINES; NOTIONS ON THE FREE-WILL QUESTION.
CHAP. XVII.—ARISTOTLE; DUALITY OF PRINCIPLES; HIS CATEGORIES; HIS PSYCHOLOGY; HIS ETHICAL DOCTRINES; ORIGIN OF THE EPITHET "PERIPATETIC."
CHAP. XVIII.—THE STOICS; THEIR SUPERIORITY IN LOGIC; FATALISTS; THEIR DOCTRINE OF CONFLAGRATIONS.
CHAP. XIX.—EPICURUS; ADOPT'S THE DEMOCRITIC ATOMISM; DENIAL OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE; THE PRINCIPLE OF HIS ETHICAL SYSTEM.
CHAP. XX.—THE ACADEMICS; DIFFERENCE OF OPINION AMONG THEM.
CHAP. XXI.—THE BRACHMANS; THEIR MODE OF LIFE; IDEAS OF DEITY; DIFFERENT SORTS OF; THEIR ETHICAL NOTIONS.
CHAP. XXII.—THE DRUIDS; PROGENITORS OF THEIR SYSTEM.
CHAP. XXIII.—HESIOD; THE NINE MUSES; THE HESIODIC COSMOGONY; THE ANCIENT SPECULATORS, MATERIALISTS; DERIVATIVE CHARACTER OF THE HERESIES FROM HEATHEN PHILOSOPHY.
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