M. H. PICCIOTTO.
LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO.,
STATIONERS'—HALL COURT.
MDCCCLV.
london:
printed by j. wertheimer and co.
circus place, finsbury circus.
| SYNOPSIS. | |
| [Notice by the Translator.] | [Author's Preface.] |
| [chapter I]. | |
| GOD. | |
| 1. His existence. Cosmological argument. | 4. All-wise, good, pure, immutable. |
| 2. First Cause, necessary, eternal. | 5. God. |
| 3. Omnipotent, free, provident, omniscient, infallible. | 6. Psychological argument. |
| 7. Moral argument. | |
| [chapter II]. | |
| MAN. | |
| 8. His faculties. | 14. Double tendency. |
| 9. His destination. | 15. Contrast. |
| 10. Intellect. | 16. Choice. |
| 11. Reason. | 17. Conscience. |
| 12. Free will. | 18. Feeling. |
| 13. Immortal soul. | |
| [chapter III]. | |
| NATURAL RELIGION. | |
| 19. Idea of religion. | 21. Faith. |
| 20. Necessity for man. | |
| [chapter IV]. | |
| INSUFFICIENCY OF NATURAL RELIGION. | |
| 22. Obstacles. | 27. Internal anarchy. |
| 23. Tardy development of reason. | 28. Limitation of human understanding. |
| 24. Ascendancy of sensuality. | 29. Uncertainty of human knowledge. |
| 25. Want of opportunity. | 30. Experience. |
| 26. Social life. | 31. Necessity of a revelation. |
| [chapter V]. | |
| REVEALED RELIGION. | |
| 32. Its actuality. | 37. Essence of revelation. |
| 33. Its truth. | 38. Lofty aspiration of man. |
| 34. Its fundamental principle. | 39. Prophecy. |
| 35. Relation between God and man. | 40. Prediction of the future. |
| 36. Divine plan. | |
| [chapter VI]. | |
| OBJECTION AND ANSWER. | |
| 41. Rationalism antagonistic to faith. | 46. Is the cause of faith. |
| 42. Self-love in the physical world. | 47. Is not the offspring of imagination. |
| 43. Self-love in man. | 48. Depends on the subjection of the sensual appetites. |
| 44. Heroism of man. | 49. Furnishes evidence to faith. |
| 45. Proceeding from love. | |
| [chapter VII]. | |
| PRELIMINARY DISPOSITIONS OF REVELATION. | |
| 50. Contingency in revelation. | 53. Beginning from an individual. |
| 51. Its removal. | 54. Election of that individual. |
| 52. Choice of a portion of mankind. | |
| [chapter VIII]. | |
| PATRIARCHAL EPOCH. | |
| 55. Abraham. | 59. Circumcision. |
| 56. His virtues. | 60. Abraham's progeny. |
| 57. Aim of his vocation. | 61. Providential measures. |
| 58. Covenant established with him. | |
| [chapter IX]. | |
| SINAITIC REVELATION. | |
| 62. Egyptian bondage. Moses. | 64. Modality of the revelation. |
| 63. Preamble of the revelation. | 65. Decalogue. |
| [chapter X]. | |
| THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. | |
| 66. First Commandment, | 70. Fifth, |
| 67. Second, | 71. Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth, |
| 68. Third, | 72. Ninth. |
| 69. Fourth, | 73. Tenth. |
| [chapter XI]. | |
| SUCCESSIVE REVELATIONS. | |
| 74. Their character. | 75. Their sanction. |
| 76. Their twofold direction. | |
| [chapter XII]. | |
| REVEALED NOTIONS RESPECTING GOD. | |
| 77. Knowledge of God. | 80. Love of God. |
| 78. Opportunity of such a knowledge. | 81. Fear of God. |
| 79. Immediate relation between God and man. | 82. Other duties towards God. |
| [chapter XIII]. | |
| DUTIES TOWARDS FELLOW-MEN. | |
| 83. Justice. | 86. Other duties. |
| 84. Negative duties. | 87. Charity and benevolence. |
| 85. Positive duties. | 88. Duties toward the animate and inanimate nature. |
| [chapter XIV]. | |
| DUTIES TOWARDS ONE'S-SELF. | |
| 89. Fundamental rule. | 90. Duties towards the body. |
| 91. Sanctification. | 92. Other special obligations. |
| [chapter XV]. | |
| JUDAISM. | |
| 93. Religious idea. | 95. Mosaism. |
| 94. Its vicissitudes among the Jews. | 96. Prophetism. |
| [chapter XVI]. | |
| CONCLUSION. | |
| 97. Action, creed, hopes. | |