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Book III. Of the False Wisdom of the Philosophers

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the divine institutes

Book III.

Of the False Wisdom of Philosophers.

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Chap. I.—A comparison of the truth with eloquence: why the philosophers did not attain to it. Of the simple style of the scriptures

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Chap. II.—Of philosophy, and how vain was its occupation in setting forth the truth

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Chap. III.—Of what subjects philosophy consists, and who was the chief founder of the academic sect

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Chap. IV.—That knowledge is taken away by Socrates, and conjecture by Zeno

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Chap. V.—That the knowledge of many things is necessary

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Chap. VI.—Of wisdom, and the academics, and natural philosophy

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Chap. VII.—Of moral philosophy, and the chief good

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Chap. VIII.—Of the chief good, and the pleasures of the soul and body, and of virtue

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Chap. IX.—Of the chief good, and the worship of the true God, and a refutation of Anaxagoras

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Chap. X.—It is the peculiar property of man to know and worship God

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Chap. XI.—Of religion, wisdom, and the chief good

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Chap. XII.—Of the twofold conflict of body and soul; and of desiring virtue on account of eternal life

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Chap. XIII.—Of the immortality of the soul, and of wisdom, philosophy, and eloquence

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Chap. XIV.—That Lucretius and others have erred, and Cicero himself, in fixing the origin of wisdom

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Chap. XV.—The error of Seneca in philosophy, and how the speech of philosophers is at variance with their life

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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

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Chap. XVII.—He passes from philosophy to the philosophers, beginning with Epicurus; and how he regarded Leucippus and Democritus as authors of error

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Chap. XVIII.—The Pythagoreans and Stoics, while they hold the immortality of the soul, foolishly persuade a voluntary death

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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

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Chap. XX.—Socrates had more knowledge in philosophy than other men, although in many things he acted foolishly

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Chap. XXI.—Of the system of Plato, which would lead to the overthrow of states

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Chap. XXII.—Of the precepts of Plato, and censures of the same

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Chap. XXIII.—Of the errors of certain philosophers, and of the sun and moon

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Chap. XXIV.—Of the antipodes, the heaven, and the stars

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Chap. XXV.—Of learning philosophy, and what great qualifications are necessary for its pursuit

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Chap. XXVI.—It is divine instruction only which bestows wisdom; and of what efficacy the law of God is

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Chap. XXVII.—How little the precepts of philosophers contribute to true wisdom, which you will find in religion only

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Chap. XXVIII.—Of true religion and of nature. whether fortune is a goddess, and of philosophy

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Chap. XXIX.—Of fortune again, and virtue

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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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