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Book I. Of the False Worship of the Gods

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Preface.—Of what great value the knowledge of the truth is and always has been

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Chap. I.—Of religion and wisdom

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Chap. II.—That there is a providence in the affairs of men

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Chap. III.—Whether the universe is governed by the power of one God or of many

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Chap. IV.—That the one God was foretold even by the prophets

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Chap. V.—Of the testimonies of poets and philosophers

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Chap. VI.—Of divine testimonies, and of the Sibyls and their predictions

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Chap. VII.—Concerning the testimonies of Apollo and the gods

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Chap. VIII.—That God is without a body, nor does he need difference of sex for procreation

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Chap. IX.—Of Hercules and his life and death

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Chap. X.—Of the life and actions of Æsculapius, Apollo, Neptune, Mars, Castor and Pollux, Mercury and Bacchus

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Chap. XI.—Of the origin, life, reign, name and death of Jupiter, and of Saturn and Uranus

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Chap. XII.—That the stoics transfer the figments of the poets to a philosophical system

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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

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Chap. XIV.—What the sacred history of Euhemerus and Ennius teaches concerning the gods

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Chap. XV.—How they who were men obtained the name of gods

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Chap. XVI.—By what argument it is proved that those who are distinguished by a difference of sex cannot be gods

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Chap. XVII.—Concerning the same opinion of the stoics, and concerning the hardships and disgraceful conduct of the gods

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Chap. XVIII.—On the consecration of gods, on account of the benefits which they conferred upon men

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Chap. XIX.—That it is impossible for any one to worship the true God together with false deities

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Chap. XX.—Of the gods peculiar to the Romans, and their sacred rites

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Chap. XXI.—Of certain deities peculiar to barbarians, and their sacred rites; and in like manner concerning the Romans

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Chap. XXII.—Who was the author of the vanities before described in Italy among the Romans, and who among other nations

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Chap. XXIII.—Of the ages of vain superstitions, and the times at which they commenced

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