III. Pliny's Account of Magic

Oriental origin of magic — Its spread to the Greeks — Its spread out- side the Graeco-Roman world — Failure to understand its true origin — Magic and divination — Magic and religion — Magic and medicine — Magic and philosophy — Falseness of magic — Crimes of magic — Pliny's censure of magic is mainly intellectual — Vagueness of Pliny's scepticism — Magic and science indistinguishable.