4. Of diversion (1585-88)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Introduction vii
3. Note on the Translation xvii
4. Contents xxi
5. To the Reader (1580) 1
6. Book 1
7. 1. By diverse means we arrive at the same end (1578-80) 3
8. 2. Of sadness (1572-74) 6
9. 3. Our feelings reach out beyond us (1572-74) 8
10. 4. How the soul discharges its passions on false objects when the true are wanting (1572-74) 14
11. 5. Whether the governor of a besieged place should go out to parley (1572-74) 16
12. 6. Parley time is dangerous (1572-74) 18
13. 7. That intention is judge of our actions (1572-74) 19
14. 8. Of idleness (1572-74) 20
15. 9. Of liars (1572-74) 21
16. 10. Of prompt or slow speech (1572-74) 25
17. 11. Of prognostications (1572-74) 27
18. 12. Of constancy (1572-74) 30
19. 13. Ceremony of interviews between kings (1572-74) 32
20. 14. That the taste of good and evil depends in large part on the opinion we have of them (1572-74) 33
21. 15. One is punished for defending a place obstinately without reason (1572-74) 47
22. 16. Of the punishment of cowardice (1572-74) 48
23. 17. A trait of certain ambassadors (1572-74) 49
24. 18. Of fear (1572-74) 52
25. 19. That our happiness must not be judged until after our death ( 1572-7 4) 54
26. 20. That to philosophize is to learn to die (1572-74) 56
27. 21. Of the power of the imagination (1572-74) 68
28. 22. One man's profit is another man's harm (1572-80) 76
29. 23. Of custom, and not easily changing an accepted law (1572-74) 77
30. 24. Various outcomes of the same plan (1572-80) 90
31. 25. Of pedantry (1572-78) 97
32. 26. Of the education of children (1579-80) 106
33. 27. It is folly to measure the true and false by our own capacity (1572-74) 132
34. 28. Of friendship (1572-76, 1578-80) 135
35. 29. Twenty-nine sonnets of Etienne de La Boetie (1578-80) 145
36. 30. Of moderation (1572-80) 146
37. 31. Of cannibals (1578-80) 150
38. 32. We should meddle soberly with judging divine ordinances (1572-74) 159
39. 33. To flee from sensual pleasures at the price of life (1572-74) 161
40. 34. Fortune is often met in the path of reason (1572-74) 163
41. 35. Of a lack in our administrations (1572-74) 165
42. 36. Of the custom of wearing clothes (1572-74) 166
43. 37. Of Cato the Younger (1572-74) 169
44. 38. How we cry and laugh for the same thing (1572-74) 172
45. 39. Of solitude (1572-74) 174
46. 40. A consideration upon Cicero ( 1572-7 4) 183
47. 41. Of not communicating one's glory (1572-74) 187
48. 42. Of the inequality that is between us (1572-74) 189
49. 43. Of sumptuary laws (1572-74) 196
50. 44. Of sleep (1572-74) 198
51. 45. Of the battle of Dreux (1572-74) 200
52. 46. Of names (1572-74) 201
53. 47. Of the uncertainty of our judgment (1572-74) 205
54. 48. Of war horses (1572-74) 209
55. 49. Of ancient customs ( 1572-80) 215
56. 50. Of Democritus and Heraclitus (1572-80) 219
57. 51. Of the vanity of words (1572-80) 221
58. 52. Of the parsimony of the ancients ( 1572-80) 224
59. 53. Of a saying of Caesar's (1572-80) 224
60. 54. Of vain subtleties (1572-80) 225
61. 55. Of smells (1572-80) 228
62. 56. Of prayers (1572-80) 229
63. 57. Of age (1572-80) 236
64. Book Two
65. 1. Of the inconsistency of our actions (1572-74) 239
66. 2. Of drunkenness (1573-74) 244
67. 3. A custom of the island of Cea (1573-74) 251
68. 4. Let business wait till tomorrow (1573-74) 262
69. 5. Of conscience (1573-74) 264
70. 6. Of practice (1573-74) 267
71. 7. Of honorary awards (1578-80) 275
72. 8. Of the affection of fathers for their children (1578-80) 278
73. 9. Of the arms of the Parthians ( 1578-80) 293
74. 10. Of books (1578-80) 296
75. 11. Of cruelty (1578-80) 306
76. 12. Apology for Raymond Sebond (1575-76, 1578-80) 318
77. 13. Of judging of the death of others (1572-80) 458
78. 14. How our mind hinders itself (1575-76) 462
79. 15. That our desire is increased by difficulty (1575-76) 463
80. 16. Of glory (1578-80) 468
81. 17. Of presumption (1578-80) 478
82. 18. Of giving the lie (1578-80) 503
83. 19. Of freedom of conscience (1578-80) 506
84. 20. We taste nothing pure (1578-80) 510
85. 21. Against do-nothingness (1578-80) 512
86. 22. Of riding post (1578-80) 515
87. 23. Of evil means employed to a good end (1578-80) 516
88. 24. Of the greatness of Rome (1578-80) 519
89. 25. Not to counterfeit being sick (1.578-80) 521
90. 26. Of thumbs (1578-80) 522
91. 27. Cowardice, mother of cruelty (1578-80) 523
92. 28. All things have their season (1578-80) 531
93. 29. Of virtue (1578-80) 532
94. 30. Of a monstrous child (1578-80) 538
95. 31. Of anger (1578-80) 539
96. 32. Defense of Seneca and Plutarch (1578-80) 545
97. 33. The story of Spurina (1578-80) 550
98. 34. Observations on Julius Caesar's methods of making war (1578-80) 556
99. 35. Of three good women (1578-80) 563
100. 36. Of the most outstanding men (1578-80) 569
101. 37. Of the resemblance of children to fathers (1579-80) 574
102. Book III
103. 1. Of the useful and the honorable (1585-88) 599
104. 2. Of repentance (1585-88) 610
105. 3. Of three kinds of association (1585-88) 621
106. 4. Of diversion (1585-88) 630
107. 5. On some verses of Virgil (1585-88) 638
108. 6. Of coaches (1585-88) 685
109. 7. Of the disadvantage of greatness (1585-88) 699
110. 8. Of the art of discussion (1585-88) 703
111. 9. Of vanity (1585-88) 721
112. 10. Of husbanding your will (1585-88) 766
113. 11. Of cripples (1585-88) 784
114. 12. Of physiognomy (1585-88) 792
115. 13. Of experience ( 1587-88) 815
116. Index of Proper Names 859