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BOOK I
1. Proem 2. Substance Is Eternal 3. The Void 4. Nothing Exists Per Se Except Atoms and the Void 5. Character of the Atoms 6. Confutation of Other Philosophers 7. The Infinity of the Universe BOOK II 8. Proem 9. Atomic Motions 10. Atomic Forms and Their Combinations 11. Absence of Secondary Qualities 12. Infinite Worlds BOOK III 13. Proem 14. Nature and Composition of the Mind 15. The Soul Is Mortal 16. Folly of the Fear of Death BOOK IV 17. Proem 18. Existence and Character of the Images 19. The Senses and Mental Pictures 20. Some Vital Functions 21. The Passion of Love BOOK V 22. Proem 23. Argument of the Book and New Proem Against a Teleological Concept 24. The World Is Not Eternal 25. Formation of the World and Astronomical Questions 26. Origins of Vegetable and Animal Life 27. Origins and Savage Period of Mankind 28. Beginnings of Civilization BOOK VI 29. Proem 30. Great Meteorological Phenomena, Etc. 31. Extraordinary and Paradoxical Telluric Phenomena 32. The Plague Athens |