On The Workmanship Of God
Lactantius's treatise on the divine craftsmanship displayed in the human body, marveling at the wisdom of God revealed in human anatomy and physiology as evidence of purposeful creation.
21 Chapters
Table of Contents
1
Chap. I.--The Introduction, and Exhortation to Demetrianus.
2
Chap. II.--Of the Production of the Beasts and of Man.
3
Chap. III.--Of the Condition of the Beasts and Man.
4
Chap. IV.--Of the Weakness of Man.
5
Chap. V.--Of the Figures and Limbs of Animals.
6
Chap. VI.--Of the Error of Epicurus, and of the Limbs and Their Use.
7
Chap. VII.--Of All the Parts of the Body.
8
Chap. VIII.--Of the Parts of Man: the Eyes and Ears.
9
Chap. IX.--Of the Senses and Their Power.
10
Chap. X.--Of the Outer Limbs of Man, and Their Use.
11
Chap. XI.--Of the Intestines in Man, and Their Use.
12
Chap. XII.--De Utero, Et Conceptione Atque Sexibus.
13
Chap. XIII.--Of the Lower Members.
14
Chap. XIV.--Of the Unknown Purpose of Some of the Intestines.
15
Chap. XV.--Of the Voice.
16
Chap. XVI.--Of the Mind and Its Seat.
17
Chap. XVII.--Of the Soul, and the Opinion of Philosophers Concerning It.
18
Chap. XVIII.--Of the Soul and the Mind, and Their Affections.
19
Chap. XIX.--Of the Soul, and It Given by God.
20
Chap. XX.--Of Himself and the Truth.
21
General Note by the American Editor.