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Book One
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- Book One
- Chapter I - He Proclaims The Greatness Of God, Whom He Desires To Seek And Invoke, Being Awakened By Him.
- Chapter II - That The God Whom We Invoke Is In Us, And We In Him.
- Chapter III - Everywhere God Wholly Filleth All Things, But Neither Heaven Nor Earth Containeth Him.
- Chapter IV - The Majesty Of God Is Supreme, And His Virtues Inexplicable
- Chapter IX - Concerning The Hatred Of Learning, The Love Of Play, And The Fear Of Being Whipped Noticeable In Boys: And Of The Folly Of Our Elders And Masters.
- Chapter V - He Seeks Rest In God, And Pardon Of His Sins.
- Chapter VI - He Describes His Infancy, And Lauds The Protection And Eternal Providence Of God.
- Chapter VII - He Shows By Example That Even Infancy Is Prone To Sin.
- Chapter VIII - That When A Boy He Learned To Speak, Not By Any Set Method, But From The Acts And Words Of His Parents.
- Chapter X - Through A Love Of Ball-Playing And Shows, He Neglects His Studies And The Injunctions Of His Parents
- Chapter XI - Siezed By Disease, His Mother Being Troubled, He Earnestly Demands Baptism, Which On Recovery Is Postponed - His Father Not As Yet Believing In Christ.
- Chapter XII - Being Compelled, He Gave His Attention To Learning; But Fully Acknowledges That This Was The Work Of God.
- Chapter XIII - He Delighted In Latin Studies And The Empty Fables Of The Poets, But Hated The Elementss Of Literature And The Greek Language.
- Chapter XIV - Why He Despised Greek Literature, And Easily Learned Latin.
- Chapter XV - He Entreats God, That Whatever Useful Things He Learned As A Boy May Be Dedicated To Him.
- Chapter XVI - He Disapproves Of The Mode Of Educating Youth, And He Points Out Why Wickedness Is Attributed To The Gods By The Poets.
- Chapter XVII - He Continues On The Unhappy Method Of Training Youth In Literary Subjects.
- Chapter XVIII - Men Desire To Observe The Rules Of Learning, But Neglect The Eternal Rules Of Everlasting Safety.
- Contents - Book I