II.—INDEX OF PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS.
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Augustine, of Hippo, Saint and Dods, Marcus
the Romans showed a more delicate regard for themselves than for the, 61;
the Romans should have considered those who desired to be worshipped in a licentious manner as unworthy of being honoured as, 62;
Plato better than, 63;
if they had any regard for Rome, the Romans should have received good laws from them, 66;
took no means to prevent the republic from being ruined by immorality, 77, etc.;
the vicissitudes of life not dependent on, 79, etc.;
incite to evil actions, 83, etc.;
give secret and obscure instructions in morals, while their solemnities publicly incite to wickedness, 85;
the obscenities of the plays consecrated to, contributed to overthrow the republic, 87;
the evils which alone the pagans feared, not averted by, 91, etc.;
were they justified in permitting the destruction of Troy? 92;
could not be offended at the adultery of Paris, the crime being so common among themselves, 93;
Varro's opinion of the utility of men feigning themselves to be the offspring of, 94;
not likely they were offended at the adultery of Paris, as they were not at the adultery of the mother of Romulus, 94;
exacted no penalty for the fratricidal conduct of Romulus, 95;
is it credible that the peace of Numa's reign was owing to? 98;
new, introduced by Numa, 101;
the Romans added many to those of Numa, 102;
Rome not defended by, 114, etc.;
which of the, can the Romans suppose presided over the rise and welfare of the empire? 143, etc.;
the silly and absurd multiplication of, for places and things, 144;
divers set over divers parts of the world, 146;
the many, who are asserted by pagan doctors to be the one Jove, 148, etc.;
the knowledge and worship of the, which Varro glories in having conferred on the Romans, 159;
the reasons by which the pagans defended their worshipping the divine gifts themselves among the, 163, etc.;
the scenic plays which they have exacted from their worshippers, 165;
the three kinds of, discovered by Scævola, 166, etc.;
whether the worship of, has been of service to the Romans, 168;
what their worshippers have owned they have thought about, 170;
the opinions of Varro about, 172;
of those who profess to worship them on account of eternal advantages, 229, etc.;
Varro's thoughts about the, of the nations, 233, etc.;
the worshippers of, regard human things more than divine, 235, etc.;
Varro's distribution of, into fabulous, natural, and civil, 238, etc.;
the mythical and civil, 240;
natural explanations of, 246, etc.;
the special offices of, 248;
those presiding over the marriage chamber, 249, 250;
the popular worship of, vehemently censured by Seneca, 252-254;
unable to bestow eternal life, 256, 257;