| PAGE | |
| INTRODUCTION | 1-30 |
| 1. THE TEXT, ITS DISCOVERY, PUBLICATION AND EDITIONS | 1 |
| 2. THE AUTHORSHIP OF THE WORK | 5 |
| 3. THE CREDIBILITY OF HIPPOLYTUS | 8 |
| 4. THE COMPOSITION OF THE WORK | 11 |
| 5. THE STYLE OF THE WORK | 23 |
| 6. THE VALUE OF THE WORK | 28 |
| BOOK I: THE PHILOSOPHERS | 31-64 |
| PROÆMIUM | 32 |
| THALES | 35 |
| PYTHAGORAS | 36 |
| EMPEDOCLES | 40 |
| HERACLITUS | 41 |
| ANAXIMANDER | 42 |
| ANAXIMENES | 43 |
| ANAXAGORAS | 44 |
| ARCHELAUS | 46 |
| PARMENIDES | 47 |
| LEUCIPPUS | 48 |
| DEMOCRITUS | 48 |
| XENOPHANES | 49 |
| ECPHANTUS | 50 |
| HIPPO | 50 |
| SOCRATES | 51 |
| PLATO | 51 |
| ARISTOTLE | 55 |
| THE STOICS | 57 |
| EPICURUS | 58 |
| THE ACADEMICS | 59 |
| THE BRACHMANS AMONG THE INDIANS | 60 |
| THE DRUIDS AMONG THE CELTS | 61 |
| HESIOD | 62 |
| BOOK II ? | 65 |
| BOOK III ? | 65 |
| BOOK IV: THE DIVINERS AND MAGICIANS | 67-117 |
| 1. OF ASTROLOGERS | 67 |
| 2. OF MATHEMATICIANS | 83 |
| 3. OF DIVINATION BY METOPOSCOPY | 87 |
| 4. THE MAGICIANS | 92 |
| 5. RECAPITULATION | 103 |
| 6. OF DIVINATION BY ASTRONOMY | 107 |
| 7. OF THE ARITHMETICAL ART | 114 |
| BOOK V: THE OPHITE HERESIES | 118-180 |
| 1. NAASSENES | 118 |
| 2. PERATÆ | 146 |
| 3. THE SETHIANI | 160 |
| 4. JUSTINUS | 169 |