Chapter 9
II. His Will. 542
j 2. The manner of his Death. 543
1 3. The time of his Death. ib.
How dear his memory was to his followers.
1 5. With what conjlancy and unanimity the fuc- ^
cejfion of his School Jlourifhed. ib.
1 6. The Sucoejfors and followers of Epicurus.44 5
17. LacitinSj his Vindication of Efiiums. ibid
The DoUrinc of Epicurus.
Of Fhilofophy in General. 5 47
CAN ONICK, the Crit cries. 54P
1. 0/ Truth and its Cnt cries. ib.
2. Canons of Senfe.^ the firji Critery.’ ib.
3. Canons of Promotion.^ or Anticipation the
fecond Critery.^ 552
4. Canons of AffeSicn or Paffion.^ the third Cri-
■tery. ^ 554
5. Canons concerning the tefe of Words. ib.
PHYSICK, or of Hature. 555
§. I. Of the Univerfe.^or the naturcof things.ih-
1. That^he Univerfe confifls oj Body^ and Vacu¬ um, or Place, 556
2. That the Univerfe is infinite.^ immovable yind
immutable. ib
3. Of the Divine Nature in the Univerfe. 557
4. Gffirft Alattcr.^ or of the principles of com¬ pound things in the Univerfe. 559
5. That there : arc Atorhs in Nature.^ which are
the Principles of compound Bodies. ib.
6. Of the Properties of Atoms.^ and firfi of their
Alagnitude. 5 do
7. Of the Figure of Atoms. 561
8. Of the gravity (pr weight ) and manifold mo¬ tions oj Atoms. ibid
9. That Atoms {not the vulgar Elements crllo- moiomerds ) are the firji principles of things.
562
10. Of the firji and radical caufe of Compounds.,
that is, of the Agent or Efficient. 563
11. Oj Motion, which Is the fame with Attion or Effclfion-, and of Fortune, Fate, End, and Sympathetical and Antipothetical cqufes. ib.
12. Of the frailties of compound things in ge- ■
neral 554
13. ^alities from' Atoms confide t:ed according to their fub fiance and interuieption of Vacuum.
5^5
14. ^lalities fpringing from Attorns, confidered according to the properties peculiar to each. ib.
1-5. Realities j'rom Atoms, confidered according to their properties taken together. 5
1 5. Of thofe Qualities which are efieemed the Accident of tJhngs and particularly of Time.
5fi7
17. Of the Generation and Corruption of Com¬ pounds. 55S
1 8. Whence it comes, that a generated Body is in a certain kind of things, and diflingiiifhed.
from other things.
SECT. 2. Of the World. 570
Of the form and Figure of the World. ib.
Of the late beginning of the World 571 , Of the caufe of the World. ib]
, Of the Generation of the World. 572
. Of the Viciffiiuds in the World. 573
A digrefjion concerning Genii or Atoms. 574 Of the end or corruption of the World. 575
0 f infinite Worlds. ‘^-^6
Ofinferiour Terreftrial things, id.
1. Of the Earth fituate in the middle of the
World. 577
2. Of Earthquakes, and the Flames of lEtra. ib.
3. Of the Sea, Rivers, Fountains, and the over-
. flonoing of 57 S
4. Of- the properties of fome Waters, and of Ice.
.... 57P
5. Of things terrefii'ial inanimate. ib.
5. Of the Load jione in particular. 580
7. Of the Generation of Animals. 581
8. of the ufe of Parts in Animals. 582
9. of the Soul the inti'infick form of Animals, ib.
10. Of Senfe in General, which is the Soul, ( as
it were )of the Soul. 583
11. Of Sight, and of the Images which glide into
it.. 585
12. That Seeing is performed by means of thofe
Images. 585
13. Of Hearing. ibid
14. Of Smelling. 5 87
15. OfTafiing. 588
1 6. Of Touching. ib.
■ 17. Of the IntcllcLl, Alind, or Rcajon, and its
Seat. • ibid
18. That the Soul thinketh by Images which glide into it. 589
[ c ] 19 Of
I
The Table.
Chap.
ip. Of the Affehiions or Vafjions of the Sou/, '^po
20. Of Voluntary Motion^ and. particularly of
Spea/iing., and Impofition of Names. ■ ^pt
21. Of Sleep and Drea?ns. 5^^
22. Of Death. 5^^
SECT. 4. Of Superior things, as well Ce- leftial as Aerial.
1. Of the fuhfance and variety of the Stars. ’yp’y
2. Of the ma^niiude and figure >f the Stars. ^p6
3. Dow the Stars move^ out-run one another .^and
are turnedround. ibid
4. of the rtjing and fetting of the Stars.^ and of
the alternate length of d ys and nig hts. 5 5? 7
5. Of the ligJjt of the Stars^ and of the changes
and Jpois in the Aioon. 5^^ ^ ,
6. Of the Eclipfes of the St are and their fet pi -
riods ib.
7. Of the prefignifkations of the Stars. ‘ypp
8. Of Comets.^ and thofe which are called falling
Stars- ib.
9. Of Clouds. 600
10. Of Winds and Frefiers. . ibid
11. Of ThuMer. ibid
12. 6f Lightning and ’Thunder-claps. 60 1
Of Rain and Dew. 602
^4. Of Half Snow.^ and Frofi. ibid
^ Of the Rain-bow and Halos. A03
1 6. Of Avernal places. ' ibid
\'}» Of Fefiilenci. ibid
ETH I CK, Morals. 605
1. Of Felicity^ or the end of God^as faras Man
is capable of it. .606
2. That Fleajure ( without which^ there is no no¬ tion of Felicity) is in its own Nature good. ib.
3. That Felicity confifis generally inFleafure.6o'j
4. That the Fleafure wherein confifis Felicity is Indolence of Body^andTranquility of Mind.6o^
5. Of the means to procure thts Felicity-^ and of.
Vertues the chief. 6op
6. Of Right -Re aj on and Free-Will.^ from which
the Venues have all their praife, 6 1 o
7. Of the Vertues in general. 611
8. Of Frudence it general. ibid
p. Frivate Frudence. 612
10. Domefiick Frudence.
1 1. Civil Frudence. 6\y
*2. Of Temperance in general. ibid
^3. Of Sobriety oppofite to Gluttony.
*4. Of Continence oppofite to Lufi. 61'j
*5. Of Aleeknefs.^ oppofite to Anger. 618
t6. Of Modefiy.^ oppofite to Ambition. 61 p
17. Of Moderation.^ oppofite to Avarice. ibid
18. Of Ale diocrity.^ betwixt hope and defpair of
the future. ' S20
19. Of Fortitude in general. 621
20. Of Fortitude.^ as to fear of the gods. 622
2j. Of Fortitude as to fear af Death. ^23
22. Of Fortitude againfi corporeal pain. 624
23: Of Fortitude againfi dif content of AFind.62’^
24. Of Jufiice in general. 626
25. Of Jus (Right ) or fufi^ whence Jufiice is
denominated. ibid
2(5. Of tbe Original of Right and Jufi. 627
27. Between whom Wght and Jufiice is to be
I cxcrcijed. ' 62p
28, Wit h what right Jufiice is to he exercifed.
Chap, ' Page
2p. Of Beneficence firatitude^ Fietyfdbjervance
6^1
30. OfFriendfhip. 632
3 1 Wherein Ffxzmv&yiffertingFleafure to be the ultimate God.^difi'ers from the Cyrenaicks.633
part.
Of the Chaldaick Philofophy,
TH E Philofophers, Infiitution
and Sefis. i
SECT. I. Oi' the Chaldxan Philofophers. ib.
r. Ti'e Antiquity of the CAcAATvA^Learning. ib
2. 1 bat there were Jeveral Zoroaiters. 2
3. Of the Chaldacan Zoroafter, mfiitutor of the .
Chaldaick Fhilofophy: 3
4. Oj Bel us, another reputed Inventor of Sci¬ ences among the Chaldaeans. ■ 4
5. Other Chaldaian Fhilojophers. 7
6. Of Berofus, who firfi introduced the Chalda¬ ick Learning into Greece. , ib.
SECT. II. The Chaldaick Inftitution and Seds. ■ 6
