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CONTENTS.
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Through what arguments in the same treatise [the Laws] it is demonstrated that the Gods provide [for all things,] immutably.
What the axioms are concerning the Gods which are delivered in the Republic, and what order they have with respect to each other.
What the goodness of the Gods is, and how they are said to be the causes of all good; and that evil according to every hypostasis is itself adorned and arranged by the Gods.
What the immutability is of the Gods; where also it is shown what their self-sufficiency, and firm impassivity are; and how we are to understand their possessing an invariable sameness of subsistence.
What the simplicity is of the Gods; and how that which is simple in them appears to be various in secondary natures.
What the truth is in the Gods; and whence falsehood is introduced in the participations of the Gods by secondary natures.
From the axioms in the Phædrus concerning every thing divine [it follows] that every thing divine is beautiful, wise, and good.
A discussion of the dogmas concerning the goodness [of the Gods,] and an investigation of the elements of the good in the Philebus.
What the wisdom of the Gods is, and what elements of it may be assumed from Plato.
Concerning divine beauty, and the elements of it, as delivered by Plato.