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CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION[1]-[30]
1. THE TEXT, ITS DISCOVERY, PUBLICATION AND EDITIONS[1]
2. THE AUTHORSHIP OF THE WORK[5]
3. THE CREDIBILITY OF HIPPOLYTUS[8]
4. THE COMPOSITION OF THE WORK[11]
5. THE STYLE OF THE WORK[23]
6. THE VALUE OF THE WORK[28]
BOOK I: THE PHILOSOPHERS[31]-[64]
PROÆMIUM[32]
THALES[35]
PYTHAGORAS[36]
EMPEDOCLES[40]
HERACLITUS[41]
ANAXIMANDER[42]
ANAXIMENES[43]
ANAXAGORAS[44]
ARCHELAUS[46]
PARMENIDES[47]
LEUCIPPUS[48]
DEMOCRITUS[48]
XENOPHANES[49]
ECPHANTUS[50]
HIPPO[50]
SOCRATES[51]
PLATO[51]
ARISTOTLE[55]
THE STOICS[57]
EPICURUS[58]
THE ACADEMICS[59]
THE BRACHMANS AMONG THE INDIANS[60]
THE DRUIDS AMONG THE CELTS[61]
HESIOD[62]
BOOK II ?[65]
BOOK III ?[65]
BOOK IV: THE DIVINERS AND MAGICIANS[67]-[117]
1. OF ASTROLOGERS[67]
2. OF MATHEMATICIANS[83]
3. OF DIVINATION BY METOPOSCOPY[87]
4. THE MAGICIANS[92]
5. RECAPITULATION[103]
6. OF DIVINATION BY ASTRONOMY[107]
7. OF THE ARITHMETICAL ART[114]
BOOK V: THE OPHITE HERESIES[118]-[180]
1. NAASSENES[118]
2. PERATÆ[146]
3. THE SETHIANI[160]
4. JUSTINUS[169]

PHILOSOPHUMENA

INTRODUCTION