Part 108

Deluge is a miracle, 169

Democritus, quoted, 21

Demonstration, not the only means of persuasion, 79

Demonstrations, not certain that there are true, 110

De omni scibili, title of a thesis of Pico della Mirandola, 22

Desargues, the grapes of, 32

Descartes useless and uncertain, 304

---- criticism of his opinions on the machine, 312

Despair, knowledge of our wretchedness without that of God creates, 93

Devoutness, different to goodness, 279

Devil, the, troubled the zeal of the Jews, 122

---- what is done by invocation of, no miracle, 257

---- Jesus Christ destroyed the empire of the, over the heart, 269

Dialogues, the arrangement by, 253

Disciples and true disciples, difference between, 244

Discourse, natural, inclined to love him who makes a, 302

Discourses on humility, 76

Disease, source of error in man, 54

Disesteem, the fear we have of, of others, 44

Disproportion of man, 19

Disputes, ended by miracles, 267

Diversion, 33

---- is all that men can do for happiness, 34

---- why men seek it, 34

---- is the greatest of our miseries, 38

---- the search for, proves that men are not happy, 38

---- what is meant by, 255

Diversity, root of, 67