BOOK III. OF THE FALSE WISDOM OF PHILOSOPHERS
- CHAP. I.—A COMPARISON OF THE TRUTH WITH
ELOQUENCE: WHY THE PHILOSOPHERS DID NOT ATTAIN TO IT. OF THE SIMPLE
STYLE OF THE SCRIPTURES.
- CHAP. II.—OF PHILOSOPHY, AND HOW VAIN WAS ITS
OCCUPATION IN SETTING FORTH THE TRUTH.
- CHAP. III.—OF WHAT SUBJECTS PHILOSOPHY CONSISTS,
AND WHO WAS THE CHIEF FOUNDER OF THE ACADEMIC SECT.
- CHAP.IV.—THAT KNOWLEDGE IS TAKEN AWAY BY
SOCRATES, AND CONJECTURE BY ZENO.
- CHAP. V.—THAT THE KNOWLEDGE OF MANY THINGS IS
NECESSARY.
- CHAP. VI.—OF WISDOM, AND THE ACADEMICS, AND
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
- CHAP. VII.—OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY, AND THE CHIEF
GOOD.
- CHAP. VIII.—OF THE CHIEF GOOD, AND THE PLEASURES
OF THE SOUL AND BODY, AND OF VIRTUE.
- CHAP. IX.—OF THE CHIEF GOOD, AND THE WORSHIP OF
THE TRUE GOD, AND A REFUTATION OF ANAXAGORAS.
- CHAP.X.—IT IS THE PECULIAR PROPERTY OF MAN TO
KNOW AND WORSHIP GOD.
- CHAP. XI.—OF RELIGION, WISDOM, AND THE CHIEF
GOOD.
- CHAP. XII.—OF THE TWOFOLD CONFLICT OF BODY AND
SOUL; AND OF DESIRING VIRTUE ON ACCOUNT OF ETERNAL LIFE.
- CHAP. XIII.—OF THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL, AND
OF WISDOM, PHILOSOPHY, AND ELOQUENCE.
- CHAP. XIV.—THAT LUCRETIUS AND OTHERS HAVE ERRED,
AND CICERO HIMSELF, IN FIXING THE ORIGIN OF WISDOM.
- CHAP. XV.—THE ERROR OF SENECA IN PHILOSOPHY, AND
HOW THE SPEECH OF PHILOSOPHERS IS AT VARIANCE WITH THEIR LIFE.
- CHAP. XVI.—THAT THE PHILOSOPHERS WHO GIVE GOOD
INSTRUCTIONS LIVE BADLY, BY THE TESTIMONY OF CICERO; THEREFORE WE
SHOULD NOT SO MUCH DEVOTE OURSELVES TO THE STUDY OF PHILOSOPHY AS TO
WISDOM.
- CHAP. XVII.—HE PASSES FROM PHILOSOPHY TO THE
PHILOSOPHERS, BEGINNING WITH EPICURUS; AND HOW HE REGARDED LEUCIPPUS
AND DEMOCRITUS AS AUTHORS OF ERROR.
- CHAP. XVIII.—THE PYTHAGOREANS AND STOICS, WHILE
THEY HOLD THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL, FOOLISHLY PERSUADE A VOLUNTARY
DEATH.
- CHAP. XIX.—CICERO AND OTHERS OF THE WISEST MEN
TEACH THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL, BUT IN AN UNBELIEVING MANNER; AND
THAT A GOOD OR AN EVIL DEATH MUST BE WEIGHED FROM THE PREVIOUS LIFE.
- CHAP. XX.—SOCRATES HAD MORE KNOWLEDGE IN
PHILOSOPHY THAN OTHER MEN, ALTHOUGH IN MANY THINGS HE ACTED FOOLISHLY.
- CHAP. XXI.—OF THE SYSTEM OF PLATO, WHICH WOULD
LEAD TO THE OVERTHROW OF STATES.
- CHAP. XXII.—OF THE PRECEPTS OF PLATO, AND
CENSURES OF THE SAME.
- CHAP. XXIII.—OF THE ERRORS OF CERTAIN
PHILOSOPHERS, AND OF THE SUN AND MOON.
- CHAP. XXIV.—OF THE ANTIPODES, THE HEAVEN, AND
THE STARS.
- CHAP. XXV.—OF LEARNING PHILOSOPHY, AND WHAT
GREAT QUALIFICATIONS ARE NECESSARY FOR ITS PURSUIT.
- CHAP. XXVI.—IT IS DIVINE INSTRUCTION ONLY WHICH
BESTOWS WISDOM; AND OF WHAT EFFICACY THE LAW OF GOD IS.
- CHAP. XXVII.—HOW LITTLE THE PRECEPTS OF
PHILOSOPHERS CONTRIBUTE TO TRUE WISDOM. WHICH YOU WILL FIND IN RELIGION
ONLY.
- CHAP. XXVIII.—OF TRUE RELIGION AND OF NATURE.
WHETHER FORTUNE IS A GODDESS, AND OF PHILOSOPHY.
- CHAP. XXIX.—OF FORTUNE AGAIN, AND VIRTUE.
- CHAP. XXX.—THE CONCLUSION OF THE THINGS BEFORE
SPOKEN; AND BY WHAT MEANS WE MUST PASS FROM THE VANITY OF THE
PHILOSOPHERS TO TRUE WISDOM, AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUE GOD, IN
WHICH ALONE ARE VIRTUE AND HAPPINESS.
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