Preface.—Of what great value the knowledge of the truth is and always has been
Chap. I.—Of religion and wisdom
Chap. II.—That there is a providence in the affairs of men
Chap. III.—Whether the universe is governed by the power of one God or of many
Chap. IV.—That the one God was foretold even by the prophets
Chap. V.—Of the testimonies of poets and philosophers
Chap. VI.—Of divine testimonies, and of the Sibyls and their predictions
Chap. VII.—Concerning the testimonies of Apollo and the gods
Chap. VIII.—That God is without a body, nor does he need difference of sex for procreation
Chap. IX.—Of Hercules and his life and death
Chap. XI.—Of the origin, life, reign, name and death of Jupiter, and of Saturn and Uranus
Chap. XII.—That the stoics transfer the figments of the poets to a philosophical system
Chap. XIV.—What the sacred history of Euhemerus and Ennius teaches concerning the gods
Chap. XV.—How they who were men obtained the name of gods
Chap. XVIII.—On the consecration of gods, on account of the benefits which they conferred upon men
Chap. XIX.—That it is impossible for any one to worship the true God together with false deities
Chap. XX.—Of the gods peculiar to the Romans, and their sacred rites
Chap. XXIII.—Of the ages of vain superstitions, and the times at which they commenced