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CONTENTS.

BOOK I.—PRACTICAL.
I. THE GARDEN.page.
[1] Antiquity5
[2] Ornaments11
[3] Pleasures14
[4] Orchard20
[5] Sweet Herbs25
[6] Table Plants28
[7] Rations36
[8] Economies41
[9] Rural Culture48
II. RECREATION.
[1] TheFountains59
[2] The CheapPhysician65
III. FELLOWSHIP.
[1]Hospitality69
[2]Conversation75
IV. FRIENDSHIP.
[1] Persons81
[2] Woman88
[3] Family92
[4] Children95
V. CULTURE.
[1] ModernTeaching103
[2] SocraticDialectic108
[3] PythagoreanDiscipline113
[4] Mother Tongue118
VI. [BOOKS].127
VII. COUNSELS.
[1] Religious139
[2] Personal145
[3] Political148
[4] Soul's Errand151

BOOKII.—SPECULATIVE.

I. INSTRUMENTALITIES.
[1]Tendencies159
[2] Method162
[3] Man166
II. MIND.
[1] Ideas173
[2] The Gifts179
[3] Person181
[4] Choice184
III. GENESIS.
[1] Vestiges189
[2] SerpentSymbol191
[3] Embryons193
[4]Temperament195
IV. METAMORPHOSES.
[1] Sleep201
[2]Reminiscence203
[3]Immortality205

TABLETS


BOOK I

PRACTICAL


"Philosophy, the formatrix of judgment and manners, has the privilege of having a hand in everything."—Montaigne.

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