Nature not to be followed by great masters in painting, [282].
Great difference between the works of art, and those of nature, [393], [394].
Nature makes no trials or essays, [394].
What she has contributed to all the works of art, [395].
She forces several things upon us mechanically, [373].
Her great wisdom in giving pride to man, [386].
All creatures are under her perpetual tutelage, [421].
And have their appetites of her as well as their food, ibid. [422].
Nature seems to have been more solicitous for the destruction, than she has been for the preservation of individuals, [440].
Has made an extraordinary provision in fish to preserve their species, [439].
Her impartiality, [440].
The usefulness of exposing the deformity of untaught nature, [474].
She has charged every individual with the care of itself, [511].
Nature, human, is always the same, [369].
The complaints that are made against it are likewise the same every where, [455].
The usefulness of it is visible in the dialogue, [456], [449].
Navigation. The blessings and calamities of the society on account of it, [231].
Necessaries of life. The multiplicity of them, [57], [58], [178].
Noah, [401]. An objection stated concerning his descendants, ibid. [402].
Noise made to a man’s honour is never shocking to him, [370].
Of servants, why displeasing, [371].
Nola, Jordanus Bruno of, died for atheism, [128].
Oaths. What is requisite to make them useful in society, [452], [453].
Obedience, human, owing to parents, [463].
Objections against the necessity of pride answered, [66], [67].
An objection to the manner of managing the dialogues, [274].