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Chapter I. How our eighth combat is against the spirit of pride, and of its character.
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Chapter II. How there are two kinds of pride.iv.iii.xii.ii
Chapter III. How pride is equally destructive of all virtues.iv.iii.xii.iii
Chapter IV. How by reason of pride Lucifer was turned from an archangel into a devil.iv.iii.xii.iv
Chapter V. That incentives to all sins spring from pride.iv.iii.xii.v
Chapter VI. That the sin of pride is last in the actual order of the combat, but first in time and origin.iv.iii.xii.vi
Chapter VII. That the evil of pride is so great that it rightly has even God Himself as its adversary.iv.iii.xii.vii
Chapter VIII. How God has destroyed the pride of the devil by the virtue of humility, and various passages in proof of this.iv.iii.xii.viii
Chapter IX. How we too may overcome pride.iv.iii.xii.ix
Chapter X. How no one can obtain perfect virtue and the promised bliss by his own strength alone.iv.iii.xii.x
Chapter XI. The case of the thief and of David, and of our call in order to illustrate the grace of God.iv.iii.xii.xi
Chapter XII. That no toil is worthy to be compared with the promised bliss.iv.iii.xii.xii
Chapter XIII. The teaching of the elders on the method of acquiring purity.iv.iii.xii.xiii
Chapter XIV. That the help of God is given to those who labour.iv.iii.xii.xiv
Chapter XV. From whom we can learn the way of perfection.iv.iii.xii.xv
Chapter XVI. That we cannot even make the effort to obtain perfection without the mercy and inspiration of God.iv.iii.xii.xvi
Chapter XVII. Various passages which clearly show that we cannot do anything which belongs to our salvation without the aid of God.iv.iii.xii.xvii
Chapter XVIII. How we are protected by the grace of God not only in our natural condition, but also by His daily Providence.iv.iii.xii.xviii
Chapter XIX. How this faith concerning the grace of God was delivered to us by the ancient Fathers.iv.iii.xii.xix
Chapter XX. Of one who for his blasphemy was given over to a most unclean spirit.iv.iii.xii.xx
Chapter XXI. The instance of Joash, King of Judah, showing what was the consequence of his pride.iv.iii.xii.xxi
Chapter XXII. That every proud soul is subject to spiritual wickedness to be deceived by it.iv.iii.xii.xxii
Chapter XXIII. How perfection can only be attained through the virtue of humility.iv.iii.xii.xxiii
Chapter XXIV. Who are attacked by spiritual and who by carnal pride.iv.iii.xii.xxiv
Chapter XXV. A description of carnal pride, and of the evils which it produces in the soul of a monk.iv.iii.xii.xxv
Chapter XXVI. That a man whose foundation is bad, sinks daily from bad to worse.iv.iii.xii.xxvi
Chapter XXVII. A description of the faults which spring from the evil of pride.iv.iii.xii.xxvii
Chapter XXVIII. On the pride of a certain brother.iv.iii.xii.xxviii
Chapter XXIX. The signs by which you can recognize the presence of carnal pride in a soul.iv.iii.xii.xxix
Chapter XXX. How when a man has grown cold through pride he wants to be put to rule other people.iv.iii.xii.xxx
Chapter XXXI. How we can overcome pride and attain perfection.iv.iii.xii.xxxi
Chapter XXXII. How pride which is so destructive of all virtues can itself be destroyed by true humility.iv.iii.xii.xxxii
Chapter XXXIII. Remedies against the evil of pride.iv.iii.xii.xxxiii