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Lactantius
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Introductory Notice To Lactantius.
[1479] Humanis visibus.
Chap. XXVII.—Of the Creation, Sin, and Punishment of Man; And of Angels, Both Good and Bad.
[1480] Inspiravit ad vitam.
[1481] Paradiso.
[1482] Irrepere.
[1483] Parricidam. The word first means the murderer of a parent or near relative; then simply a murderer.
[1484] [This is a curious enlargement of the idea as taught elsewhere. See vol. ii. p. 142, this series.]
Chap. XXVIII.—Of the Demons, and Their Evil Practices.
[1485] Plena terroris. Another reading is, “aut plane terrores.”
Chap. XXIX.—Of the Patience and Providence of God.
[1486] ἀρχήν. Others read δαιμοναρχίαν, “the power of demons.”
[1487] Lib. vi. 1.
[1488] Propter quem homines fecisse dicatur Deus. Others read, “Quem propter homines,” etc.
[1489] Quasi mutuo adversoque fulta nisu consistere.
[1490] Appositione. Others read “oppositione.”
[1491] [Philosophically, not dogmatically, asserted. God’s wisdom in permitting evil (which originated in the fall of free intellects) to last for a season, will vindicate itself in judgment.]
[1492] Philosophy.
Chap. XXXI.—Of Knowledge and Supposition.
[1493] De Offic., ii. 2.
Chap. XXXII.—Of the Sects of Philosophers, and Their Disagreement.
[1494] i.e., philosophy.
Chap. XXXIII.—What is the Chief Good to Be Sought in Life.
[1495] In ipso cardine. [Horace, Sat., book ii. 6, 71–76.]
Chap. XXXIV.—That Men are Born to Justice.
[1496] Some editions repeat the words “summum bonum,” but these words appear to obstruct the sense.
[1497] [i.e., philosophically; our moral constitution dictating what is just.]
Chap. XXXV.—That Immortality is the Chief Good.
[1498] Non mortalitate.
[1499] λογικὴ, philosophia. Under this is included everything connected with the system of speaking.
Chap. XXXVI.—Of the Philosophers,—Namely, Epicurus and Pythagoras.
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