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Ancient contents · Book IV
Contents.IV.heading · Wachsmuth pp. 9
The chapters of the fourth book are these. First:
1. On civic government.
2. Second, on laws and customs.
3. On the people.
4. On the powerful in cities.
5. On rule and on what a ruler ought to be like.
6. That monarchy is best.2109
7-13 · Kingship, war, and peace
Contents.IV.7-13 · Wachsmuth pp. 9
7. Precepts on kingship.
8. Censure of tyranny.
9. On war.
10. On daring.
11. On youth.
12. On generals, and precepts concerning the requirements of war.
13. On peace.2110
14-20 · Livelihood, servitude, and bodily love
Contents.IV.14-20 · Wachsmuth pp. 9
14. On agriculture.
15. On a quiet life.
16. On seafaring.
17. On crafts.
18. On masters and slaves.
19. On common Aphrodite and on love of bodily pleasures.
20. On beauty.2111
21-26 · Marriage, children, and kinship
Contents.IV.21-26 · Wachsmuth pp. 9
21. On marriage and the further matters of this chapter.
22. Precepts for marriage.
23. And on children and the further matters of this chapter.
24. And that parents should be accorded due honor by their children.
25. How fathers should behave toward their children.
26. That affection between siblings and goodwill toward relatives are most beautiful.2112
27-34 · Household, birth, wealth, and sorrow
Contents.IV.27-34 · Wachsmuth pp. 10
27. Household management.
28. On noble birth and the further matters of this chapter.
29. On low birth.
30. On wealth and the further matters of this chapter.
31. On poverty.
32. A comparison of poverty and wealth.
33. That life is short and full of cares.
34. On sorrow, and that it is very harmful.2113
35-42 · Health, happiness, and fortune
Contents.IV.35-42 · Wachsmuth pp. 10
35. On disease and healing.
36. On health and its preservation.
37. On physicians.
38. On happiness.
39. On unhappiness.
40. That human prosperity is unstable.
41. On those who enjoy good fortune beyond their deserts.
42. On those who suffer undeserved misfortune.2114
43-49 · Endurance, expectation, and sympathy
Contents.IV.43-49 · Wachsmuth pp. 10
43. That one must bear bravely whatever befalls.
44. That one should display good fortune but conceal misfortune.
45. On hope.
46. On the unexpected.
47. That one should not rejoice at the misfortunes of others.
48. That the unfortunate need people who share their suffering.
49. ⟨That it is easier to advise someone else than oneself⟩.2115
50-58 · Old age, death, and remembrance
Contents.IV.50-58 · Wachsmuth pp. 10
50. On old age and the further matters of this chapter.
51. On death.
52. On life.
53. A comparison of life and death.
54. On mourning.
55. On burial.
56. Consolations.
57. That one should not insult the dead.
58. That the memory of most people quickly fades after death.2116
The total number of chapters
Contents.IV.total · Wachsmuth pp. 10
The chapters of the fourth book total fifty-eight; those of all four books, two hundred and eight.2117