3, vv. 121, 124, 135, 145, 199 f., 318. And Epist. 4, vv. 358 and 368.

 

30 f. The whole Universe one System of Society.

 

31 f. Nothing made wholly for Itself, nor yet wholly for another, but the Happiness of all Animals mutual.

 

32 Several of the ancients, and many of the Orientals since, esteemed those who were struck by lightning as sacred persons, and the particular favourites of Heaven.

 

33 f. Reason or Instinct alike operate to the good of each Individual, and operate also to Society, in all Animals.

 

34 Demoivre, an eminent Mathematician.

 

35 f. How far SOCIETY carry'd by INSTINCT.

 

36 f. How much farther SOCIETY is carry'd by REASON.

 

37 f. Of the STATE of NATURE: That it was SOCIAL.

 

38 f. Reason instructed by Instinct in the Invention of ARTS, and in the FORMS of Society.

 

39 Oppian. Halieut. lib. i. describes this Fish in the following manner: »They swim on the surface of the Sea, on the back of their Shells, which exactly resembles the Hulk of a Ship; they raise two Feet like Masts, and extend a Membrane between, which serves as a Sail, the other two Feet they employ as Oars at the side. They are usually seen in the Mediterranean.«

 

40 f. Origine of POLITICAL SOCIETIES.

 

41 f. Origine of MONARCHY.

42 f. Origine of PATRIARCHAL GOVERNMENT.

 

43 f. Origine of TRUE RELIGION and GOVERNMENT from the Principle of LOVE: and of SUPERSTITION and TYRANNY, from that of FEAR.

 

44 f. The Influence of SELF-LOVE operating to the SOCIAL and Public Good.

 

45 f. Restoration of True Religion and Government on their first Principle. Mixt Governments; with the various Forms of each, and the TRUE USE OF ALL. The Deduction and Application of the foregoing Principles, with the Use or Abuse of Civil and Ecclesiastical Policy, was intended for the subject of the third book.

 

46 f. HAPPINESS the END of all Men, and attainable by all.

 

47 f. GOD governs by general not particular Laws; intends Happiness to be equal; and to be so, it must be social, since all particular Happiness depends on general.

 

48 It is necessary for ORDER and the common Peace, that External Goods be unequal, therefore Happiness is not constituted in these.

 

49 f. The balance of human happiness kept equal (notwithstanding Externals) by HOPE and FEAR. The Exemplification of this Truth, by a View of the Equality of Happiness in the several particular Stations of Life, were design'd for the subject of a future Epistle.

 

50 f. In what the Happiness of Individuals consists, and that the GOOD MAN has the Advantage, even in this world.

 

51 f.