BOOK XII
CONTENTS
I. That the Hebrews, according to Plato, were right in imparting to beginners the belief in their instructions in a simple form because of their incapacity p. 573 b
II. That faith, according even to Plato, is the greatest of virtues p. 574 b
III. That we ought to believe what is said concerning the soul, and the other statements concerning things of this kind. From the eleventh Book of The Laws p. 575 b
IV. That it will be necessary to deliver the first introductory lessons to children in the form of fables. From the second Book of The Republic p. 575 d
V. That no hurtful fables must be recited to children, but only those that are beneficial p. 576 b
VI. That Plato accepted the Faith not only in word, but also confessed that with true disposition of mind he believed and was persuaded of these things which we also believe p. 577 b
VII. That it would not be right to publish the solemn doctrines of the truth to all p. 581 a
VIII. What kind of rulers Plato says should be appointed: simple and illiterate men, if only they were well ordered in moral character. From the sixth Book of The Laws p. 581 c
IX. That one should decline offices. From the first Book of The Republic p. 582 c
X. On Plato's idea of Justice p. 583 a
XI. On the Paradise described by Moses p. 584 c
XII. How the woman is said to have been taken out of the man p. 585 b
XIII. On the mode of life of mankind at first p. 586 a
XIV. That they associated even with irrational animals p. 586 d
XV. How they mention the Flood p. 587 b
XVI. That the course of doctrine rightly begins with things divine and ends with things human. From Plato's first Book of The Laws p. 588 d
XVII. That it is good to train children from a still early age in habits of religion p. 590 c
XVIII. That we should regard as education only that which leads to virtue, not that which leads to money-making or any pursuit for earning a livelihood p. 591 b
XIX. That Plato agreed with the Hebrews in thinking that this world is an image of one more divine p. 592 d
XX. That the young should be prepared for the acquirement of virtue by learning proper hymns and odes. From the second Book of The Laws p. 594 a
XXI. What kind of thoughts the odes should contain p. 594 d
XXII. That it is not every one that can compose the proper odes and songs, but either God alone, or some godlike man p. 596 b
XXIII. Concerning those who are capable of judging the odes composed according to the mind of God p. 596 d
XXIV. That even in banquets the odes should be adopted for laws as it Were of the banquet p. 597 d
XXV. That drinking of wine is not to be permitted to all p. 598 c
XXVI. That Plato was not ignorant that his enactments were in use among certain Barbarians p. 599 d
XXVII. That our warfare is against ourselves and our inward passions p. 600 b
XXVIII That it is not the body but the soul that is the cause of our evil deeds p. 601 d
XXIX. Of the pure philosopher. From the Theaetetus p. 602 b
XXX. Of all the sophistry in man p. 606 d
XXXI. That it will be necessary sometimes to use falsehood as a remedy for the benefit of those who require such a mode of treatment p. 607 d
XXXII. That not men only, but also women and every race of mankind, ought to be admitted to the education above described p. 608 b
XXXIII. That it is not right to accuse the whole nation from the cases of those who live disorderly among us p. 609 e
XXXIV. How Plato changed the oracles in Proverbs into a more Hellenic form p. 610 a
XXXV. Of riches and poverty p. 610 c
XXXVI. Of honour to parents p. 610 d
XXXVII. Of purchasing slaves p. 611 b
XXXVIII. How he altered the saying, 'Remove not ancient landmarks which were set by thy fathers' p. 611 c
XXXIX. A saying like, Visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me p. 611 d
XL. Of thieves p. 612 a
XLI. Of slaying a thief p. 612 c
XLII. Of a beast of burden p. 612 d
XLIII. That Plato uses the same examples as the Hebrew Scriptures p. 613 a
XLIV. Further concerning the like examples p. 614 a
XLV. Further concerning the same p. 615 a
XLVI. Further concerning the same p. 615 b
XLVII. That Plato also enacts that the citizens should be divided into twelve tribes in imitation of the Hebrew nation p. 616 d
XLVIII. In what kind of place Plato enacts that the city should be founded : he describes certain features like the site of Jerusalem p. 617 a
XLIX. How Plato deprecates the preparatory teaching of the Greeks as being injurious p. 618 c
L. On the opinion of the Atheists, from the tenth Book of The Laws p. 621 a
LI. How Plato arranges the argument concerning God p. 623 c
LII. How he discourses on God's universal providence. In the tenth Book of The Laws p. 630 c