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Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies
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Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies
Plutarch
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By Plutarch
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PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAYS
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THAT A PHILOSOPHER OUGHT CHIEFLY TO CONVERSE WITH GREAT MEN.
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BOOK I.
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CHAPTER I. WHAT IS NATURE?
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CHAPTER II. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PRINCIPLE AND AN ELEMENT?
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CHAPTER III. WHAT ARE PRINCIPLES?
Leyendo
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CHAPTER IV. HOW WAS THIS WORLD COMPOSED IN THAT ORDER AND AFTER THAT MANNER IT IS?
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CHAPTER V. WHETHER THE UNIVERSE IS ONE SINGLE THING.
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CHAPTER VI. WHENCE DID MEN OBTAIN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE EXISTENCE AND ESSENCE OF A DEITY?
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CHAPTER VII. WHAT IS GOD?
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CHAPTER VIII. OF THOSE THAT ARE CALLED GENIUSES AND HEROES
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CHAPTER IX. OF MATTER.
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CHAPTER X. OF IDEAS.
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CHAPTER XI. OF CAUSES.
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CHAPTER XII. OF BODIES.
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CHAPTER XIII. OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE LEAST IN NATURE.
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CHAPTER XIV. OF FIGURES.
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CHAPTER XV. OF COLORS.
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CHAPTER XVI. OF THE DIVISION OF BODIES.
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CHAPTER XVII. HOW BODIES ARE MIXED AND CONTEMPERATED ONE WITH ANOTHER.
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CHAPTER XVIII. OF A VACUUM.
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CHAPTER XIX. OF PLACE.
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CHAPTER XX. OF SPACE.
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CHAPTER XXI. OF TIME.
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CHAPTER XXII. OF THE SUBSTANCE AND NATURE OF TIME.
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CHAPTER XXIII. OF MOTION.
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CHAPTER XXIV. OF GENERATION AND CORRUPTION.
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CHAPTER XXV. OF NECESSITY.
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CHAPTER XXVI. OF THE NATURE OF NECESSITY.
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CHAPTER XXVII. OF DESTINY OR FATE.
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CHAPTER XXVIII. OF THE NATURE OF FATE.
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CHAPTER XXIX. OF FORTUNE.
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CHAPTER XXX. OF NATURE.
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BOOK II.
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CHAPTER I. OF THE WORLD.
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CHAPTER II. OF THE FIGURE OF THE WORLD.
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CHAPTER III. WHETHER THE WORLD BE AN ANIMAL.
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CHAPTER IV. WHETHER THE WORLD IS ETERNAL AND INCORRUPTIBLE.
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CHAPTER V. WHENCE DOES THE WORLD RECEIVE ITS NUTRIMENT?
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CHAPTER VI. FROM WHAT ELEMENT GOD DID BEGIN TO RAISE THE FABRIC OF THE WORLD.
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CHAPTER VII. IN WHAT FORM AND ORDER THE WORLD WAS COMPOSED.
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CHAPTER VIII. WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF THE WORLD'S INCLINATION.
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CHAPTER IX. OF THAT THING WHICH IS BEYOND THE WORLD, AND WHETHER IT BE A VACUUM OR NOT.
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CHAPTER X. WHAT PARTS OF THE WORLD ARE ON THE RIGHT HAND, AND WHAT ON THE LEFT.
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CHAPTER XI. OF HEAVEN, WHAT IS ITS NATURE AND ESSENCE.
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CHAPTER XII. INTO HOW MANY CIRCLES IS THE HEAVEN DISTINGUISHED; OR, OF THE DIVISION OF HEAVEN.
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CHAPTER XIII. WHAT IS THE ESSENCE OF THE STARS, AND HOW THEY ARE COMPOSED.
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CHAPTER XIV. OF WHAT FIGURE THE STARS ARE.
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CHAPTER XV. OF THE ORDER AND PLACE OF THE STARS.
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CHAPTER XVI. OF THE MOTION AND CIRCULATION OF THE STARS.
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CHAPTER XVII. WHENCE DO THE STARS RECEIVE THEIR LIGHT?
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CHAPTER XVIII. WHAT ARE THOSE STARS WHICH ARE CALLED THE DIOSCURI, THE TWINS, OR CASTOR AND POLLUX?
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CHAPTER XIX. HOW STARS PROGNOSTICATE, AND WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF WINTER AND SUMMER.
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CHAPTER XX. OF THE ESSENCE OF THE SUN.
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CHAPTER XXI. OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SUN.
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CHAPTER XXII. WHAT IS THE FIGURE OR SHAPE OF THE SUN.
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CHAPTER XXIII. OF THE TURNING AND RETURNING OF THE STARS, OR THE SUMMER AND WINTER SOLSTICE.
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CHAPTER XXIV. OF THE ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.
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CHAPTER XXV. OF THE ESSENCE OF THE MOON.
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CHAPTER XXVI. OF THE SIZE OF THE MOON.
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CHAPTER XXVII. OF THE FIGURE OF THE MOON.
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CHAPTER XXVIII. FROM WHENCE IS IT THAT THE MOON RECEIVES HER LIGHT?
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CHAPTER XXIX. OF THE ECLIPSE OF THE MOON.
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CHAPTER XXX. OF THE PHASES OF THE MOON, OR THE LUNAR ASPECTS; OR HOW IT COMES TO PASS THAT THE MOON APPEARS TO US TERRESTRIAL.
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CHAPTER XXXI. HOW FAR THE MOON IS REMOVED FROM THE SUN.
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CHAPTER XXXII. OF THE YEAR, AND HOW MANY CIRCULATIONS MAKE UP THE GREAT YEAR OF EVERY PLANET.
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BOOK III.
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CHAPTER I. OF THE GALAXY, OR THE MILKY WAY.
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CHAPTER II. OF COMETS AND SHOOTING FIRES, AND THOSE WHICH RESEMBLE BEAMS.
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CHAPTER III. OF VIOLENT ERUPTION OF FIRE OUT OF THE CLOUDS. OF LIGHTNING. OF THUNDER. OF HURRICANES. OF WHIRLWINDS.
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CHAPTER IV. OF CLOUDS, RAIN, SNOW, AND HAIL.
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CHAPTER V. OF THE RAINBOW.
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CHAPTER VI. OF METEORS WHICH RESEMBLE RODS, OR OF RODS.
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CHAPTER VII. OF WINDS.
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CHAPTER VIII. OF WINTER AND SUMMER.
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CHAPTER IX. OF THE EARTH, WHAT IS ITS NATURE AND MAGNITUDE.
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CHAPTER X. OF THE FIGURE OF THE EARTH.
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CHAPTER XI. OF THE SITE AND POSITION OF THE EARTH.
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CHAPTER XII. OF THE INCLINATION OF THE EARTH.
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CHAPTER XIII. OF THE MOTION OF THE EARTH.
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CHAPTER XIV. INTO HOW MANY ZONES IS THE EARTH DIVIDED?
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CHAPTER XV. OF EARTHQUAKES.
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CHAPTER XVI. OF THE SEA, AND HOW IT IS COMPOSED, AND HOW IT BECOMES TO THE TASTE BITTER.
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CHAPTER XVII. OF TIDES, OR OF THE EBBING AND FLOWING OF THE SEA.
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CHAPTER XVIII. OF THE AUREA, OR A CIRCLE ABOUT A STAR.
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BOOK IV.
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CHAPTER I. OF THE OVERFLOWING OF THE NILE.
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CHAPTER II. OF THE SOUL.
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CHAPTER III. WHETHER THE SOUL BE A BODY, AND WHAT IS THE NATURE AND ESSENCE OF IT.
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CHAPTER IV. OF THE PARTS OF THE SOUL.
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CHAPTER V. WHAT IS THE PRINCIPAL PART OF THE SOUL, AND IN WHAT PART OF THE BODY IT RESIDES.
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CHAPTER VI. OF THE MOTION OF THE SOUL.
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CHAPTER VII. OF THE SOUL'S IMMORTALITY.
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CHAPTER VIII. OF THE SENSES, AND OF THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE OBJECTS OF THE SENSES,
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CHAPTER IX. WHETHER WHAT APPEARS TO OUR SENSES AND IMAGINATIONS BE TRUE OR NOT.
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CHAPTER X. HOW MANY SENSES ARE THERE?
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CHAPTER XI. HOW THE ACTIONS OF THE SENSES, THE CONCEPTIONS OF OUR MINDS, AND THE HABIT OF OUR REASON ARE FORMED.
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CHAPTER XII. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IMAGINATION [GREEK OMITTED], THE IMAGINABLE [GREEK OMITTED], FANCY [GREEK OMITTED], AND PHANTOM [GREEK
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CHAPTER XIII. OF OUR SIGHT, AND BY WHAT MEANS WE SEE.
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CHAPTER XIV. OF THOSE IMAGES WHICH ARE PRESENTED TO OUR EYES IN MIRRORS.
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CHAPTER XV. WHETHER DARKNESS CAN BE VISIBLE TO US.
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CHAPTER XVI. OF HEARING.
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CHAPTER XVII. OF SMELLING.
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CHAPTER XVIII. OF TASTE.
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CHAPTER XIX. OF THE VOICE.
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CHAPTER XX. WHETHER THE VOICE IS INCORPOREAL. WHAT IS IT THAT THE GIVES ECHO?
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CHAPTER XXI. BY WHAT MEANS THE SOUL IS SENSIBLE, AND WHAT IS THE PRINCIPAL AND COMMANDING PART OF IT.
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CHAPTER XXII. OF RESPIRATION OR BREATHING.
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CHAPTER XXIII. OF THE PASSIONS OF THE BODY, AND WHETHER THE SOUL HATH A SYMPATHETICAL CONDOLENCY WITH IT.
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CHAPTER I. OF DIVINATION.
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CHAPTER II. WHENCE DREAMS DO ARISE.
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CHAPTER III. OF THE NATURE OF GENERATIVE SEED.
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CHAPTER IV. WHETHER THE SPERM BE A BODY.
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CHAPTER V. WHETHER WOMEN DO GIVE A SPERMATIC EMISSION AS MEN DO.
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CHAPTER VI. HOW IT IS THAT CONCEPTIONS ARE MADE.
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CHAPTER VII. AFTER WHAT MANNER MALES AND FEMALES ARE GENERATED.
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CHAPTER VIII. BY WHAT MEANS IT IS THAT MONSTROUS BIRTHS ARE EFFECTED.
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CHAPTER IX. HOW IT COMES TO PASS THAT A WOMAN'S TOO FREQUENT CONVERSATION WITH A MAN HINDERS CONCEPTION.
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CHAPTER X. WHENCE IT IS THAT ONE BIRTH GIVES TWO OR THREE CHILDREN.
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CHAPTER XI. WHENCE IT IS THAT CHILDREN REPRESENT THEIR PARENTS AND PROGENITORS.
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CHAPTER XII. HOW IT COMES TO PASS THAT CHILDREN HAVE A GREATER SIMILITUDE WITH STRANGERS THAN WITH THEIR PARENTS.
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CHAPTER XIII. WHENCE ARISETH BARRENNESS IN WOMEN, AND IMPOTENCY IN MEN?
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CHAPTER XIV. HOW IT ARISES THAT MULES ARE BARREN.
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CHAPTER XV. WHETHER THE INFANT IN THE MOTHER'S WOMB BE AN ANIMAL.
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CHAPTER XVI. HOW EMBRYOS ARE NOURISHED, OR HOW THE INFANT IN THE BELLY RECEIVES ITS ALIMENT.
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CHAPTER XVII. WHAT PART OF THE BODY IS FIRST FORMED IN THE WOMB.
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CHAPTER XVIII. WHENCE IS IT THAT INFANTS BORN IN THE SEVENTH MONTH ARE BORN ALIVE.
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CHAPTER XIX. OF THE GENERATION OF ANIMALS, HOW ANIMALS ARE BEGOTTEN, AND WHETHER THEY ARE OBNOXIOUS TO CORRUPTION.
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CHAPTER XX. HOW MANY SPECIES OF ANIMALS THERE ARE, AND WHETHER ALL ANIMALS HAVE THE ENDOWMENTS OF SENSE AND REASON.
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CHAPTER XXI. WHAT TIME IS REQUIRED TO SHAPE THE PARTS OF ANIMALS IN THE WOMB.
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CHAPTER XXII. OF WHAT ELEMENTS EACH OF THE MEMBERS OF US MEN IS COMPOSED.
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CHAPTER XXIII. WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF SLEEP AND DEATH?
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CHAPTER XXIV. WHEN AND FROM WHENCE THE PERFECTION OF A MAN COMMENCES.
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CHAPTER XXV. WHETHER SLEEP OR DEATH APPERTAINS TO THE SOUL OR BODY.
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CHAPTER XXVI. HOW PLANTS INCREASE.
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CHAPTER XXVII. OF NUTRITION AND GROWTH.
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CHAPTER XXVIII. WHENCE IT IS THAT IN ANIMALS THERE ARE APPETITES AND PLEASURES.
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CHAPTER XXIX. WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF A FEVER, OR WHETHER IT IS AN AFFECTION OF THE BODY ANNEXED TO A PRIMARY PASSION
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CHAPTER XXX. OF HEALTH, SICKNESS, AND OLD AGE.
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ABSTRACT OF A DISCOURSE SHOWING THAT THE STOICS SPEAK GREATER IMPROBABILITIES THAN THE POETS.
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BOOK 1.
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BOOK II.
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BOOK III
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BOOK IV.
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BOOK V.
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BOOK VI.
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BOOK VII.
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BOOK VIII.
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BOOK IX
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COMMON CONCEPTIONS AGAINST THE STOICS.
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CONTRADICTIONS OF THE STOICS.
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THE EATING OF FLESH.
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CONCERNING FATE.
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AGAINST COLOTES, THE DISCIPLE AND FAVORITE OF EPICURUS.
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PLATONIC QUESTIONS.
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LITERARY ESSAYS.
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THE BANQUET OF THE SEVEN WISE MEN.
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ABSTRACT OF A COMPARISON BETWEEN ARISTOPHANE AND MENANDER
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THE MALICE OF HERODOTUS.
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INDEX.
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