36 CONTENTS 



BOOK VII 



CHAPTER I 



Ethics divided into the Doctrine of Models and the Georgics (Culture) of 

 the Mind. Division of Models into the Absolute and Comparative 

 Good. Absolute Good divided into Personal and National . . 305 



CHAPTER II 



Division of Individual Good into Active and Passive. That of Passive 

 Good into Conservative and Perfective. Good of the Commonwealth 

 divided into General and Respective 313 



CHAPTER III 



The Culture of the Mind divided into the Knowledge of Characteristic Dif 

 ferences of Affections, of Remedies and Cures. Appendix relating to 

 the Harmony between the Pleasures of the Mind and the Body . 322 



BOOK VIII 



CHAPTER I 

 Civil Knowledge divided into the Art of Conversation, the Art of Nego 



tiation, and the Art of State Policy 335 



CHAPTER II 



The Art of Negotiation divided into the Knowledge of Dispersed Occasions 

 (Conduct in Particular Emergencies), and into the Science of Rising in 

 Life. Examples of the former drawn from Solomon. Precepts relat 

 ing to Self -advancement . . . , 340 



CHAPTER in 



The Arts of Empire or State Policy omitted. Two Deficiencies alone no 

 ticed. The Art of Enlarging the Bounds of Empire, and the Knowl 

 edge of Universal Justice drawn from the Fountains of Law . . 385 



BOOK IX 



The Compartments of Theology omitted. Three Deficiencies pointed out 

 The Right Use of Reason in Matters of Faith. The Knowledge of the 

 Degrees of Unity in the City of God. The Emanations of the Holy 

 Scriptures 418 



