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248 Children, unnatural, 76; and old men, 124.

Christ, 35.

Christians, 153.

Cicero, 44, 167.

Circe, 133.

City of true happiness, 109; heavenly, 120.

Classes in the state, 41.

Common folk's disbelief, 140, 142.

Common origin of mankind, 74, 75.

Covetousness, 16, 27, 51.

Croesus, 15.

Cyrus, 15.

Damocles, sword of, 71.

Death, 18; courted by men, 144; the second, 48; inevitable, 167.

Door, crack in, 110.

Drinks, strong and mild, 154.

Earth, 88; small extent of, 43.

Elements, 88.

Epicurus, 58.

Eternal life desired by all things, 105.

Eternity, 45.

Etna, 34, 35.

Euripides, 77.

Evil non-existent, 114.

Evils and their remedies, 154.

Eyes, diseased, 141.

Fables, 112; use of, 115; moral of, 118; false, 135.

False swearing, 5.

Fame, 47, 74; fleeting nature of, 42.

Fate, 5-8, 24, 26, 29, 38, 49, 148-50, 152-4; Christian doctrine of, 153; of individuals, 160.

Fire, its home and nature, 88, 89.

Firmament, 89.

Flood, the, 35.