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Tables of Contents for The Essays
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
ix
Note on the Text
xxii
The Annotations
xxiii
Note on the Translation
xxv
Explanation of the Symbols
xxvi
THE ESSAYS: A SELECTION
To the Reader
3
2
BOOK I
We reach the same end by discrepant means
5
4
On idleness
9
2
On punishing cowardice
11
2
On fear
13
4
To philosophize is to learn how to die
17
20
On educating children
37
37
That it is madness to judge the true and the false from our own capacities
74
5
On the Cannibals
79
14
Judgements on God's ordinances must be embarked upon with prudence
93
3
On solitude
96
13
On prayer
109
11
On the length of life
120
4
BOOK II
On the inconstancy of our actions
124
8
On drunkenness
132
11
On conscience
143
5
On the affection of fathers for their children
148
21
On cruelty
169
17
In defence of Seneca and Plutarch
186
8
On three good wives
194
8
On the resemblance of children to their fathers
202
30
BOOK III
On repenting
232
15
On three kinds of social intercourse
247
13
On some lines of Virgil
260
70
On coaches
330
21
On the lame
351
13
On experience
364
63
Index
427
19
Summary of the Symbols
446