BOOK II. OF THE ORIGIN OF ERROR
- CHAP. I—THAT FORGETFULNESS OF REASON MAKES MEN
IGNORANT OF THE TRUE GOD, WHOM THEY WORSHIP IN ADVERSITY AND DESPISE IN
PROSPERITY.
- CHAP. II.—WHAT WAS THE FIRST CAUSE OF MAKING
IMAGES; OF THE TRUE LIKENESS OF GOD, AND THE TRUE WORSHIP OF HIM.
- CHAP. III.—THAT CICERO AND OTHER MEN OF LEARNING
ERRED IN NOT TURNING AWAY THE PEOPLE FROM ERROR.
- CHAP. IV.—OF IMAGES, AND THE ORNAMENTS OF
TEMPLES, AND THE CONTEMPT IN WHICH THEY ARE HELD EVEN BY THE HEATHENS
THEMSELVES.
- CHAP. V.—THAT GOD ONLY, THE CREATOR OF ALL
THINGS, IS TO BE WORSHIPPED, AND NOT THE ELEMENTS OR HEAVENLY BODIES;
AND THE OPINION OF THE STOICS IS REFUTED, WHO THINK THAT THE STARS AND
PLANETS ARE GODS.
- CHAP. VI.—THAT NEITHER THE WHOLE UNIVERSE NOR THE
ELEMENTS ARE GOD, NOR ARE THEY POSSESSED OF LIFE.
- CHAP. VII.—OF GOD, AND THE RELIGIOUS RITES OF THE
FOOLISH; OF AVARICE,AND THE AUTHORITY OF ANCESTORS.
- CHAP. VIII.—OF THE USE OF REASON IN RELIGION; AND
OF DREAMS, AUGURIES, ORACLES, AND SIMILAR PORTENTS.
- CHAP. IX.—OF THE DEVIL, THE WORLD,GOD,
PROVIDENCE, MAN, AND HIS WISDOM.
- CHAP. X.—OF THE WORLD, AND ITS PARTS, THE
ELEMENTS AND SEASONS.
- CHAP. XI.—OF LIVING CREATURES, OF MAN;
PROMETHEUS, DEUCALION, THE PARCAE.
- CHAP. XII.—THAT ANIMALS WERE NOT PRODUCED
SPONTANEOUSLY, BUT BY A DIVINE ARRANGEMENT, OF WHICH GOD WOULD HAVE
GIVEN US THE KNOWLEDGE, IF IT WERE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US TO KNOW IT.
- CHAP. XIII.—WHY MAN IS OF TWO SEXES; WHAT IS HIS
FIRST DEATH, AND WHAT THE SECOND AND OF THE FAULT AND PUNISHMENT OF OUR
FIRST PARENTS.
- CHAP. XIV.—OF NOAH THE INVENTOR OF WINE, WHO
FIRST HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE STARS, AND OF THE ORIGIN OF FALSE RELIGIONS.
- CHAP. XV.—OF THE CORRUPTION OF ANGELS, AND THE
TWO KINDS OF DEMONS.
- CHAP. XVI.—THAT DEMONS HAVE NO POWER OVER THOSE
WHO ARE ESTABLISHED IN THE FAITH.
- CHAP. XVII.—THAT ASTROLOGY, SOOTHSAYING, AND
SIMILAR ARTS ARE THE INVENTION OF DEMONS.
- CHAP. XVIII.—OF THE PATIENCE AND VENGEANCE OF
GOD, THE WORSHIP OF DEMONS, AND FALSE RELIGIONS.
- CHAP. XIX.—OF THE WORSHIP OF IMAGES AND EARTHLY
OBJECTS.
- CHAP. XX.—OF PHILOSOPHY AND THE TRUTH.
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