men ought not to despair.] 80.
3. Cultus externi natura et utilitas. [The nature and utility of external worship.] 82.
Cap. V. Officia erga homines. [The duties toward other men.] 84.
1. Arctiores hominum conjunctiones et vincula naturalia. [The strongest human ties and natural bonds.] 85. In affectionibus benignis jucunditas summa. [The highest delight in kind affections.] 86.
2. Aliae aliis honestiores. [The more honourable mutual affections.] ib. Virtutum sociarum summa. [The sum of all social virtues.] ib.
3. Arctiorum societatum utilitas et sanctitas. [Utility and sanctity of the stronger ties.] 87. Caritates arctiores haud reprimendae. [We ought not weaken our tender affections.] ib. Indicia in vultu. [Their appearance in countenance.] 88.
4. Amicitiae ortus. [The source of Friendship.] 89. Inter solos bonos. [Only among the virtuous.] 90. Amicitiae leges, ejusque utilitas. [The laws of friendship and its utility.] ib.
5. Amor duplex, benevolentia et complacentia. Haec saepe nimia, non illa. [Love is divided into benevolence and complacence. The last is often too great, not the first.] 90, 91.
Cap. VI. De animi cultura. [On the culture of the mind.] 92.
1. Rerum cognitio necessaria; summi boni, Dei, hominisque. [The knowledge of things is necessary: of the supreme good, of the nature of God and men.] 93.
2. Pietas erga Deum, rerumque externarum despicientia. [Piety towards God and contempt of external things.] 94, 95. Usu exercitationeque opus. [The need of habit and practice.] 96.
3. Mediocritas inter appetituum excessus et defectus. [The middle way between the excess and the defect of our appetites.] 96. Omnes appetitus utiles esse possunt. [All the appetites may be advantageous.] 97. Mediocres venustissimi et tutissimi. [Their moderate degree is the most graceful and safest.] 99. Quod plurium exemplis illustratur. [Illustration of this by many examples.] 99–104.
4. Corporis cura. Ars quaedam eligenda. Variae artes inter se comparantur. [The care of our body. We ought to choose an art or occupation. Different occupations are mutually compared.] 104.
Cap. VII. De virtutis studio excitando. [On inciting the study of virtue]
1. Virtutum invitamenta, ex Dei consilio jussuque et animorum immortalitate. [The inducements to virtue from divine wisdom and command and from the immortality of the soul.] 105–108.
2. Virtutum utilitates. [The advantages of several virtues.] 108–111. <v>
3. Earum excitandarum rationes [Motives to the study of virtue.] ib. Transitio ad jurisprudentiam. [Transition to jurisprudence.] 113.
LIB. II. Jurisprudentia Privata. [Private jurisprudence]
Cap. I. De lege naturali. [On the law of nature.]
1. Unde, legis, juris, et imperii justi notio. [The first notions of law, right, and just power.] 114.
2. Divini imperii jus. [The right of divine command.] 116.
3. Rationis dictata practica sunt leges divinae. [The practical dictates of reason are divine laws.] 117. Legis partes duae. praeceptum et sanctio. [In every law there are two parts, the precept and the sanction.] ib.
4. Leges pro varia promulgandi ratione, naturales vel positivae. [Laws are natural or positive according to the different manners of promulgation.] 118. Ratione materiae, necessariae, vel non-necessariae. [As to the matter: necessary or not necessary.] 119.
5. 6. Privilegium, aequitas, et dispensatio. [Privilege, equity, and dispensation.] 119.
7. Jus naturae primarium et secundarium. [Law of nature primary and secondary.] 121. Duo praecepta generalia. [Two general laws.] ib.
Cap. II. De Juris natura et divisionibus. [On the nature of rights, and their divisions.]
1. Explicando hominum jura, explicantur leges. [By explaining the rights of men, the laws are explained.] 122. Jus, prout est qualitas moralis, definitur. [The definition of right as a moral quality.] 96. Ejusdem notio neque semper legis, neque communis utilitatis rationem includit. [The notion of right does not always have reference to a law or to the common interest.] 124. Nullum communi utilitati adversatur. [No private right can oppose the common interest.] 125.
2. Juri omni respondet obligatio. ejus notio duplex, altera sensum cujusque internum, altera legem, respiciens; earumque definitiones. [To each right there is a corresponding obligation. The latter has two sides and two definitions, one refers to the internal sense of each person, the other to the law.] 126.
3. Jura perfecta vel imperfecta. Inter ea limites non facilè cernuntur. [Perfect and imperfect rights. The boundaries between them are not easily seen.] ib. Jura externa. [External rights.] 127.
4. Jura quae alienari possunt, vel non possunt. [Rights that can be alienated and those that cannot.] 128. Generalia duo societatis praecepta. [Two general precepts of society.] 129.
Cap. III. De virtutum et vitiorum gradibus. [On the various degrees of virtue and vice.]
1. Conscientia
