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CONTENTS.
FIRST DIVISION: ROMAN THOUGHT.
PART I.-RELIGION.
A.—THE SUPREME BEING.
No.
1. Existence of God inferred from the Contemplation
of Nature,
2. Existence of God inferred from the Evidence of
Design in Nature,
3. Existence of God inferred from the Splendour of
Creation,
4. Existence of God inferred from the Order observ:
able in Nature,
5, 6. Existence of God inferred from Common
Consent,
7. Existence of God inferred from the Principle of
Life within us,
8. On the Possibility of God's Attributes,
9. God the True Object of Knowledge,
10. Law in its Highest Form the Expression of the
Divine Mind,
11. God is within us : the Sublime a Trace of Him,
12. The Universe considered Divine,
13. The Universe confounded with God,
14. The Universe not without Intelligence,
15, 16. Popular Notions of the Divine Power criti.
cised,
17. How the World is governed,
18. Fate Supreme over all Things,
19. The Gods do not govern the World,
20. Ossi esia Gábortis,
21. The Universe God's Habitation,
22. The World was made for Man,
23. This may be proved from the Perfection of the
Human Body,
Cic.
8
Sen.
9
Plin., N.U. 10
11
.
24. The Divine Providence watches over Nations and
Individuals,
25. Denial of Providence,
• Lucan
26. All Good Things come from God, .
27. External Goods only come from God,
28. The Gods will not endure to be slighted, . Val. Var.
17
18
19
20
B.-PRAYER AND WORSHIP,
21
23
29. Origin of Natural Religion,
Lucr.
30. Superstition not Religion, .
31. Revolt against the Tyranny of Superstition, Lucr.
32. The Superstitions sanctioned by Numa ridiculed, Lucil.
33. A Warning against Religious Quacks,
Aul. Gell.
34. The Same,
Enn.
35. Right Worship depends on a Right Conception of
the Divine Nature.
36. The Worship of a Pure Heart,
Pers.
37. The Same, .
Hor.
38. Labienus advises Cato to consult the Oracle, Lucan
39. Cato declares that Truth may be learned without
the Aid of Oracles,
Lucan
40. A Prayer,
Catull.
41. What we ought to pray for,
Juv.
42. Temples should be built for the Gods,
43. The Superstition of any People takes its Distinc-
tive Form from the Physical Conditions of
the Country they inhabit,
44. Utility of Religion to the Commonwealth,
24
25
26
27
28
C.--The Sou'l.
29
30
45. Origin and Destiny of the Human Spirit,
46. The Dignity of Man,
47. “The Mind is its Own Place,”
48. Pre-eminence of the Soul over the Body,
49. Affinity of the Divine and Human Spirit,
50. The Soul Immortal,
51. Sympathy a Divine Gift,
32. Aspiration after the Divine the Peculiar Privilege
of Man,
Virg.
Manil.
Jur.
31
32
33
59. Why then should we grieve over it?
60. Men ought not lightly
to wish for Death,
61. A Belief in Immortality underlies many Cere.
monial Observances,
62. - Mors Ianua Vitae,”
63. "Not lost, but gone before,"
64. Immortality taught by the Druids,
65. On Suicide,
66. Under the Tyranny of the Emperors we find
Suicide recommended,
E.-SIX AND ITS PUNISHMENT.
67. The Excuses Men invent for Sin,
68. The Punishments of the Lower World may be
endured on Earth,
69. υστερόσoινoν τίμσι παραβάσιν 'Ερινύν,
70, 71, Speech of the Locrian Ambassadors before the
Roman Senate (B.C. 204), showing the inevit-
able Punishment of Sacrilege,
72. Vengeance sleeps, but does not die,
73. The Gods have ceased to visit the Earth as they
did of old,
F.--THE ROMAN CULT.
48
74. The Roman Religion owed much to Etruscan
Influence,
Val. Max.
75. Exactness of the Roman Ritual,
76. The Romans did not allow the heaviest Misfor.
tunes to interfere with Public Worship, Val. Max.
77. The Gods of the Farmer,
Varro,
78. “ Dis te minorem quod geris imperas,"
C'ic.
79. Livy's respect for Ancestral Belief,
Liv.
80. The Roman Religion is Local, and cannot be
transplanted to Veii or elsewhere,
81. The Influence of Augury,
82, 83. Cicero's Compendium of Religious Legislation, Cic.
84. Regulations to be observed by the Flamen Dialis, Aul. Gell.
85. Various Rites of Burial,
86. Dialogue between Numa Pompilius and Jupiter,: val., Ant..
49
50
51
52
54
55
56
G.-DREAMS AND MAGIC. 87. “Ad Publicam Religionem pertinens Somnium, 88. The Phenomena of Religion explained by the
Agency of Intermediate Spirits,
89. Magic is connected with Daemonic Agency,
90. The Effects and Power of Witchcraft,
PART II.-PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE,
A.-GENERAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT.
PAGE
1. “ Vitae Philosophia dux,” .
60
2. The Commonplace Man does not appreciate
Philosophy,
61
3. The World owes'a Great Debt to the first Scientific
Thinkers,
62
4. We cannot overrate the value of Philosophy,
5. A Sketch of the Progress of Philosophy,
63
6. Criticism of the Epicurean Logic, .
7. Cicero's Scheme of Roman Philosophy,
64
8. On the Value of the Senses as giving the Truest
Impressions of Things,
65
9. The Sensible Impression the Criterion of Truth, : Lucr. 66
10. An Attitude of Independent Criticism more
Philosophical than an Unquestioning Ac-
ceptance of any System,
66
11. Nullius addictus iurare in verba magistri," Sen.
67
12. A Denial of Absolute Certainty not Incompatible
with an Earnest Search after Truth,.
13, 14. Philosophy needs a Special Terminology and
Nomenclature,
68
15. The Love of Knowledge Natural to Man,: Cic.
70
16. Most Men have a certain Aptitude for ac-
quiring Knowledge,
Quint.
17. The Critical Faculty not necessarily dependent
on a Special Training,
71
18. Value of a Knowledge of Geometry,
Quint, 72
19. The Gradual Separation between Philosophy and
Eloquence,
20. Philosophy more often Theory than Practice, Cic.
73
21. On the Proper Frame of Mind in which to receive
Philosophic Instruction,
Aul. Gell.. 73
22. The Provinces of Theoretical and Applied Science
are distinct,
Vitruv. 74
08
B.-MORAL Philosophy.
23. Happiness by means of Virtue the Natural End
24. The Secret of Happiness,
25. The Path of Progress lies through Virtue,
26. The Four Cardinal Virtues,
27. No Theory of Duty complete which does not im-
pose Obligations extending to all Mankind,
28. The Standard of Right should be in One's Self,
29. Man's Natural Tendency is towards Virtue, but
he is perverted by a Multitude of False
Opinions,
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30. False_Opinion the Parent of Violent or Diseased
Emotion,
79
31. An Analysis of the Emotions founded on the
Psychology of the Stoics,
80
32. Passion poisons the Mind at its Source,
81
33. The Practice of Daily Self-Examination of great
Assistance towards leading a Virtuous Life, . Sen.
34. A Discussion on the Nature of Anger, and the
different Forms it assumes,
Sen,
82
35. It is useless to indulge Grief,
83
36. The Good Man is indifferent to the Caprices of
Fortune,
37. Excessive Pleasure incompatible with the Exercise
of the Higher Faculties of the Mind,
84
38. Moderation and Contentment are rare,
85
39. A Prudent Man should know his own Calibre,
Juu.
40. Justice to be practised for its own Sake,
41. Fortitude comes by Habit,
42. A Brave Man never yields to Adversity,
87
43. Nature calls on us to endure Hardship,
44. It is a Consolation in Misery to see Others as
Miserable as Ourselves,
88
45. Revenge a Sign of Weakness and Folly,
46. The Good Man will do all in his Power to palliate
Faults,
89
47. No Quality begets Confidence so much as Justice, Cic.
48. True Morality consists in the Motive, not in the
Outward Act,
90
49. The Character that most wins
our Admiration, Cic.
91
50. Good Faith and Reverence have fled with the
Golden Age,
51. Qualities which distinguish the True Patriot, Cic.
92
52. Duties towards Servants :-(a.) Justice,
93
53. (6.) A Slave is a humble Friend,
54. (c.) Can a Slave confer a Kindness upon his
Master?
94
55. (d.) Arrogance of Roman Masters under the
Empire contrasted with the liberal Treatment
of Slaves in the Early Times,
95
56. (e.) We should alleviate, as far as lies in our power,
the Unavoidable Hardships of their Position, Plin. II. 95
57. A Good Slave's Idea of his Duty, .
Plaut.
96
58. Ought Children to obey their Father's Will in
Everything ?
Aul. Gell. . 97
59. Charity begins at Home,
98
60. Nothing is worse than to promise what we do not
mean to perform,
Ter.
61. The Mind should be prepared for every Issue, Ter.
99
62. A Roman Gentleman's Idea of Virtue,
Lucil.
63. Moral Qualities are Hereditary,
64. The Son is sure to exceed the measure of Wicked.
ness advocated by his Father,
100
65. A Tranquil Mind and a Genial Temper can alone
bring Contentment,
101