ch101 Of the runaway gladiators whose power became like that of royal dignity
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ch102 Concerning the covetousness of Ninus, who was the first who made war on his neighbours, that he might rule more widely
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ch103 Whether earthly kingdoms in their rise and fall have been either aided or deserted by the help of the gods
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ch104 Which of the gods can the Romans suppose presided over the increase and preservation of their empire, when they have believed that even the care of single things could scarcely be committed to single
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ch105 Whether the great extent and long duration of the Roman empire should be ascribed to Jove, whom his worshippers believe to be the chief god
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ch106 What opinions those have followed who have set divers gods over divers parts of the world
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ch107 Concerning the many gods whom the pagan doctors defend as being one and the same Jove
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ch108 Concerning the opinion of those who have thought that God is the soul of the world, and the world is the body of God
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ch109 Concerning those who assert that only rational animals are parts of the one God
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ch110 The enlargement of kingdoms is unsuitably ascribed to Jove; for if, as they will have it, Victoria is a goddess, she alone would suffice for this business
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ch111 Whether it is suitable for good men to wish to rule more widely
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ch112 What was the reason why the Romans, in detailing separate gods for all things and all movements of the mind, chose to have the temple of Quiet outside the gates
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ch113 Whether, if the highest power belongs to Jove, Victoria also ought to be worshipped
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ch114 With what reason they who think Felicity and Fortune goddesses have distinguished them
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ch115 Concerning Fortuna Muliebris
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ch116 Concerning Virtue and Faith, which the pagans have honoured with temples and sacred rites, passing by other good qualities, which ought likewise to have been worshipped, if deity was rightly attribute
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ch117 That although not understanding them to be the gifts of God, they ought at least to have been content with Virtue and Felicity
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ch118 Concerning the knowledge of the worship due to the gods, which Varro glories in having himself conferred on the Romans
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ch119 Concerning Felicity, whom the Romans, who venerate many gods, for a long time did not worship with divine honour, though she alone would have sufficed instead of all
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ch120 The reasons by which the pagans attempt to defend their worshipping among the gods the divine gifts themselves
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ch121 Concerning the one God only to be worshipped, who, although His name is unknown, is yet deemed to be the giver of felicity
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ch122 Of the scenic plays, the celebration of which the gods have exacted from their worshippers
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ch123 Concerning the three kinds of gods about which the pontiff Scævola has discoursed
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ch124 Whether the worship of the gods has been of service to the Romans in obtaining and extending the empire
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ch125 Of the falsity of the augury by which the strength and stability of the Roman empire was considered to be indicated
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ch126 What kind of things even their worshippers have owned they have thought about the gods of the nations
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ch127 Concerning the opinions of Varro, who, while reprobating the popular belief, thought that their worship should be confined to one god, though he was unable to discover the true God
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ch128 In what interest the princes of the nations wished false religions to continue among the people subject to them
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ch129 That the times of all kings and kingdoms are ordained by the judgment and power of the true God
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ch130 Concerning the kingdom of the Jews, which was founded by the one and true God, and preserved by Him as long as they remained in the true religion
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ch131 That the cause of the Roman empire, and of all kingdoms, is neither fortuitous nor consists in the position of the stars
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ch132 On the difference in the health of twins
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ch133 Concerning the arguments which Nigidius the mathematician drew from the potter's wheel, in the question about the birth of twins
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ch134 Concerning the twins Esau and Jacob, who were very unlike each other both in their character and actions
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ch135 In what manner the mathematicians are convicted of professing a vain science
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ch136 Concerning twins of different sexes
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ch137 Concerning the choosing of a day for marriage, or for planting, or sowing
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ch138 Concerning those who call by the name of fate, not the position of the stars, but the connection of causes which depends on the will of God
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ch139 Concerning the foreknowledge of God and the free will of man, in opposition to the definition of Cicero
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ch140 Whether our wills are ruled by necessity
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ch141 Concerning the universal providence of God in the laws of which all things are comprehended
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ch142 By what virtues the ancient Romans merited that the true God, although they did not worship Him, should enlarge their empire
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ch143 Concerning the love of praise, which, though it is a vice, is reckoned a virtue, because by it greater vice is restrained
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ch144 Concerning the eradication of the love of human praise, because all the glory of the righteous is in God
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ch145 Concerning the temporal reward which God granted to the virtues of the Romans
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ch146 Concerning the reward of the holy citizens of the celestial city, to whom the example of the virtues of the Roman are useful
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ch147 To what profit the Romans carried on wars, and how much they contributed to the well-being of those whom they conquered
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ch148 How far Christians ought to be from boasting, if they have done anything for the love of the eternal country, when the Romans did such great things for human glory and a terrestrial city
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ch149 Concerning the difference between true glory and the desire of domination
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ch150 That it is as shameful for the virtues to serve human glory as bodily pleasure
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ch151 That the Roman dominion was granted by Him from whom is all power, and by whose providence all things are ruled
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ch152 The durations and issues of war depend on the will of God
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ch153 Concerning the war in which Radagaisus, king of the Goths, a worshipper of demons, was conquered in one day, with all his mighty forces
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ch154 What was the happiness of the Christian emperors, and how far it was true happiness
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ch155 Concerning the prosperity which God granted to the Christian emperor Constantine
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ch156 On the faith and piety of Theodosius Augustus
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ch157 Of those who maintain that they worship the gods not for the sake of temporal, but eternal advantages
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ch158 What we are to believe that Varro thought concerning the gods of the nations, whose various kinds and sacred rites he has shown to be such that he would have acted more reverently towards them had he
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ch159 Varro's distribution of his book which he composed concerning the antiquities of human and divine things
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ch160 That from the disputation of Varro, it follows that the worshippers of the gods regard human things as more ancient than divine things
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ch161 Concerning the three kinds of theology according to Varro, namely, one fabulous, the other natural, the third civil
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ch162 Concerning the mythic, that is, the fabulous, theology, and the civil, against Varro
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ch163 Concerning the likeness and agreement of the fabulous and civil theologies
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ch164 Concerning the interpretations, consisting of natural explanations, which the pagan teachers attempt to show for their gods
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ch165 Concerning the special offices of the gods
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ch166 Concerning the liberty of Seneca, who more vehemently censured the civil theology than Varro did the fabulous
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ch167 What Seneca thought concerning the Jews
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ch168 That when once the vanity of the gods of the nations has been exposed, it cannot be doubted that they are unable to bestow eternal life on any one, when they cannot afford help even with respect to th
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ch169 Whether, since it is evident that Deity is not to be found in the civil theology, we are to believe that it is to be found in the select gods
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ch170 Who are the select gods, and whether they are held to be exempt from the offices of the commoner gods
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ch171 How there is no reason which can be shown for the selection of certain gods, when the administration of more exalted offices is assigned to many inferior gods
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ch172 The inferior gods, whose names are not associated with infamy, have been better dealt with than the select gods, whose infamies are celebrated
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ch173 Concerning the more secret doctrine of the pagans, and concerning the physical interpretations
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ch174 Concerning the opinion of Varro, that God is the soul of the world, which nevertheless, in its various parts, has many souls whose nature is divine
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ch175 Whether it is reasonable to separate Janus and Terminus as two distinct deities
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ch176 For what reason the worshippers of Janus have made his image with two faces, when they would sometimes have it be seen with four
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ch177 Concerning the power of Jupiter, and a comparison of Jupiter with Janus
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ch178 Whether the distinction between Janus and Jupiter is a proper one
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ch179 Concerning the surnames of Jupiter, which are referred not to many gods, but to one and the same god
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ch180 That Jupiter is also called Pecunia
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ch181 That when it is expounded what Saturn is, what Genius is, it comes to this, that both of them are shown to be Jupiter
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ch182 Concerning the offices of Mercury and Mars
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ch183 Concerning certain stars which the pagans have called by the names of their gods
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ch184 Concerning Apollo and Diana, and the other select gods whom they would have to be parts of the world
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ch185 That even Varro himself pronounced his own opinions regarding the gods ambiguous
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ch186 A more credible cause of the rise of pagan error
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ch187 Concerning the interpretations which compose the reason of the worship of Saturn
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ch188 Concerning the rites of Eleusinian Ceres
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ch189 Concerning the shamefulness of the rites which are celebrated in honour of Liber
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ch190 Concerning Neptune, and Salacia, and Venilia
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ch191 Concerning the earth, which Varro affirms to be a goddess, because that soul of the world which he thinks to be God pervades also this lowest part of his body, and imparts to it a divine force
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ch192 Concerning the surnames of Tellus and their significations, which, although they indicate many properties, ought not to have established the opinion that there is a corresponding number of gods
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ch193 The interpretation of the mutilation of Atys which the doctrine of the Greek sages set forth
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ch194 Concerning the abomination of the sacred rites of the Great Mother
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ch195 Concerning the figments of the physical theologists, who neither worship the true divinity, nor perform the worship wherewith the true divinity should be served
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ch196 That the doctrine of Varro concerning theology is in no part consistent with itself
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ch197 That all things which the physical theologists have referred to the world and its parts, they ought to have referred to the one true God
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ch198 How piety distinguishes the Creator from the creatures, so that, instead of one God, there are not worshipped as many gods as there are works of the one author
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ch199 What benefits God gives to the followers of the truth to enjoy over and above His general bounty
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ch200 That at no time in the past was the mystery of Christ's redemption awanting, but was at all times declared, though in various forms
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