MAN 203 MAN IN THE IRON MASK 204 MARRIAGE 210 MASTER 211 MEN OF LETTERS 214 METAMORPHOSIS 216 MILTON, ON THE REPROACH OF PLAGIARISM AGAINST 217 MOHAMMEDANS 220 MOUNTAIN 221 NAKEDNESS 222 NATURAL LAW 224 NATURE 227 NECESSARY 231 NEW NOVELTIES 236 PHILOSOPHER 237 POWER, OMNIPOTENCE 240 PRAYERS 245 PRECIS OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY 247 PREJUDICES 251 RARE 255 REASON 257 RELIGION 259 SECT 267 SELF-ESTEEM 271 SOUL 273 STATES, GOVERNMENTS 294 SUPERSTITION 297 TEARS 299 THEIST 301 TOLERANCE 302 TRUTH 305 TYRANNY 308 VIRTUE 309 WHY? 313 DECLARATION OF ADMIRERS, QUESTIONERS AND DOUBTERS 315 _ADULTERY_ NOTE ON A MAGISTRATE WRITTEN ABOUT 1764 A senior magistrate of a French town had the misfortune to have a wife who was debauched by a priest before her marriage, and who since covered herself with disgrace by public scandals: he was so moderate as to leave her without noise. This man, about forty years old, vigorous and of agreeable appearance, needs a woman; he is too scrupulous to seek to seduce another man's wife, he fears intercourse with a public woman or with a widow who would serve him as concubine. In this disquieting and sad state, he addresses to his Church a plea of which the following is a precis: