TABLE OF CHAPTERS, AND

principal matters contained in the book.

By what rule love should be praised, and what its dignity and greatness are. on page 1

That the origin of love is chaos. p. 2

On the usefulness of love. p. 4

God is good, beautiful, and just, the beginning, the middle, and the end. p. 6.

In what way divine goodness gives birth to love. p. 6

Beauty is the splendor of divine goodness. God is a point or center in the middle of four circles. p. 7

Divine beauty shines through everything and is loved in all things. p. 9

Passions of lovers. p. 9

On two species of love, and on two Venuses. p. 10

Exhortation to friends to embrace love: and on simple love, and mutual love. p. 11

What lovers seek. p. 14

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Love is the creator and master in all things. p. 14

Love is the author and preserver of all things. p. 15

Love is the master and governor of all the arts. p. 16

No member of the world hates another. p. 17

The text of Plato regarding the ancient nature of men is recounted. p. 18