ARTHUR MEE J.A. HAMMERTON

RELIGION

PHILOSOPHY

First Esdras

Second Esdras

Tobit

Judith

The Book of Esther

The Wisdom of Solomon

The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach; or Ecclesiasticus.

Baruch

Song of the Three Holy Children

The History of Susanna

The History of the Destruction of Bel and the Dragon

The Prayer of Manasses

The First Book of the Maccabees

The Second Book of the Maccabees

I.--The Origin of the Two Cities

II.--The Growth of the Cities

III.--The Destiny of the Just

I.--The Nature of Rest

II.--How the Saints will be Employed

III.--How the Eternal Rest is Reached

IV.--Excellences of the Eternal Rest

Introductory

I.--The Scribe Ani Pleads with Osiris through Thoth for Admission to the Underworld and for a Safe Evit (Resurrection)

II.--The Prayer of Ani the Scribe

III.--Nu Praises Ra (the Sun-God) for his Ability to go Down into the Grave and Return to Earth through the Magic Use of the Sacred Texts

IV.--The Spirit of the Scribe Mesemneter Prays that Some Offended God may be Conciliated

V.--Litany to Osiris

VI.--Hymn of Praise to the Setting Sun

VII.--About the Resurrection, or the Coming Backto Life (Day), of Departed Shades.

VIII.--A Litany Addressed to Thoth

IX.--A Magical Chapter

Introductory

Mahabharata

The Bhagavad-Gita, or Holy Song of Brahmanism

Outline of the Bhagavad-Gita

Other Parts of the Mahabharata

I.--The Broad-Minded Christian

II.--The Divine Wisdom

III.--The Hope of Immortality

I.--The Knowledge of God the Creator

II.--The Grace of Christ the Redeemer

III.--The Merit of Christ as Our Saviour

IV.--Of Repentance

V.--Of Justification by Faith

VI.--On the Doctrine of Election

I.--Introductory Aphorisms

II.--Reflections Respecting Morality

III.--Prudential Aphorisms

IV.--Aphorisms on Spiritual Religion

Introductory

General Maxims

On Poetry, History, and Propriety

Confucius at Home and at Court

On Learning and Virtue

Introductory

How the Empire is to be Improved

Introductory

The Good Man's Path

Introductory

Virtue, not Profit, to be the Chief Quest

A Prosperous Ruler the Friend and Father of his People

Mencius uses Stratagem to Bring Home to the Emperor His Guilt

It May be Right to Kill a Sovereign

The Gifts that May and Those that May Not be Accepted

Wrong Conduct Should be Ended at Once

The Inherent Goodness of Human Nature

People First, Kings Last

Every Man Should Accept His Lot

What the Good King Delights in Most

The Influence of Example

Counsellors Should Love Righteousness Rather Than Riches

I.--The Hand that Makes Everything

II.--Earth, the Mother of All Living

III.--God in the Mind of Man

IV.--A Prayer to God

I.--The Defenders of Fallacy

II.--Scriptural and Experimental Truth

III.--Fact and Faith

I. The Relation of Philosophy to Religion

II.--God the Universal

III.--God Exists for Thought

IV.--What is Evil?

V.--The Determination of Unity

Introductory

Book I.--Brahman, the Sum and Substance of Everything

Book II.--Objections to Vedantic Doctrines Stated and Refuted

Book III.--Of the Soul and its Summum Bonum

I.--Admonitions Useful to the Spiritual Life

II.--Admonitions Leading to Inward Life

III.--Of Inward Consolation

IV.--Devout Exhortation to Holy Communion

Introductory

MEKKAN SURAS

II.--SECOND PERIOD (A.D. 617-619)

III.--THIRD PERIOD (A.D. 619-622)

MEDINAH SURAS

I.--History of My Religious Opinions to 1833

I.--Revealed Religion

II.--Theology and Religion

III.--The Bible

IV.--Mystery, Miracle, and Prophecy

V.--Deism

I.--Lax Casuists

II.--The Doctrine of Intention

III.--The Charge of Raillery

IV.--The Sin of Simony

V.--Homicide

To the Reader

Ignorance

Education

Frugality or Bounty

Industry

Knowledge

On the Government of Thoughts

Friendship

Of Charity

The Hour and the Man

Youth and Education

Idyllic Surroundings

A Character to Love

A Stimulating Acquaintance

Early Successes

A Gospel for the Poor

The Priest in the Path

Time-worm Proofs

The New Kingdom of God

The Clash of Old and New

Approaching the Crisis

Victory Through Defeat

I.--Of Heaven

II--Of the World of Spirits

III.--Of Hell

Division II--Feasts (Mongëd)

III.--Women (Nashim)

IV.--Concerning Penalties (Nezikin)

V.--Sacred Things, Sacrifices, Measurements of the Temple, etc.

VI.--Legal Purifications, Laws of Clean and Unclean, Etc. (Teharot)

Introductory

I.--Yasnas, or Sacrificial Prayers and Songs

The Five Gathas

II.--Vispereds

III.--Vendidads (lit. "laws against demons")

I.--The End of Life and the Meaning of Virtue

II.--The Moral Virtues Examined

III.--Justice

IV.--Wisdom, Prudence and Continence

V.--Friendship

VI.--Conclusion

Book I

Book II

Book III

Book IV

Book V

Book VI

Book VII

Book VIII

Book IX

Book X

Book XI

Book XII

Second Book

I.--The Analysis of Perception

II.--The Roots of Scepticism

III.--Our Knowledge of God

I.--The Aim of this Discourse

II.--The Intellectual Crisis

III.--A Rule of Life

IV.--"I Think, Therefore I Am"

V.--Why I Do Not Publish "The World"

I.--To What End is Nature?

II.--Her Delight

III.--Her Loveliness

IV.--Her Gift of Language

V.--Her Moral Discipline

VI.--Is Nature Real?

VII.--The Spirit Behind Nature

I.--Of the Will, and of God

II.--The Citizen of the World and his High Calling

III.--"His Will is My Will"

IV.--Of Tranquillity and the Means Thereto