Obedience, to parents, ch. xxv. (i. 597–628);
to husbands, ch. xxvi. (i. 629–669);
slaves, to their masters, ch. xxvii (i. 670– 716);
to rulers, i. 194–196;
to gods, i. 194–198, ii. 659 sq.;
to the dead, ii. 519, 520, 541

Occupation, acquisition of property by, ii. 35–39, 51, 52, 54 sq.

Occupations of life, divided between the sexes, i. 633–637, ii. 271

Offerings to the dead, ii. 302, 303, 400–404, 517, 518, 524, 539, 547, 550, 692, 700, 701, 704, 708;
connection between almsgiving and, ii. 550– 552

—— to gods. See Sacrifice

Offspring, man’s desire for, i. 533, ii. 388, 391, 400–404, 423, 440;
the future state of persons who have died without, ii. 400–404

Old age, criminal responsibility affected by, i. 266 sq.;
the future state of persons who have died of, i. 390, ii. 235, 238 n. 3, 698

—— persons, killing or abandoning of, i. 386–390, 606, 607, 612, 620;
eaten by their relatives, i. 390, ii. 554, 568 sq.;
kind treatment of, i. 540, 546, 625 sq., ii. 672;
respect for, i. 603–605, 614, 615, 619–621, ii. 194, 675;
supposed to be versed in magic, i. 619 sq.;
curses and blessings of, i. 622, 626;
suicide committed by, ii. 232, 235, 236, 247 sq.

Omissions, i. 210–212, 303–305, 317

Opera supererogativa, i. 86, 98 sq. See Merits

Opinions, moral judgments relating to, i. 215 sq.

Ordeals, ii. 686–690, 732;
duels as, i. 504–507

“Ought,” analysis of the concept, i. 134–137

Outlawry, i. 46, 47, 172, 173, 311

Owls, prohibition of eating, ii. 321

Oxen, prohibition of killing ploughing, ii. 330, 331, 493, 494, 504

PARDON, the right of, as a prerogative of the Crown, i. 192, 196, 226

Parental affection. See Maternal, Paternal affection

Parents, their authority over their children, ch. xxv. (i. 597–628);
curses or blessings of, i. 58, 538, 621–627, ii. 703, 715, 716 n. 2, 732;
children punished if convicted of a design to kill their, i. 245;
killing their infant children, i. 378, 394–413, 633, ii. 562, 752 sq.;
children killing their, i. 383–386, 522, ii. 256 sq. n. 2, 749;
children killing or abandoning their aged, i. 386–390, 606, 607, 612, 620;
eaten by their children, i. 390, ii. 554, 568 sq.;
killing their grown up children, i. 393 sq., ii. 256 sq. n. 2;
exposing their new-born children, i. 406–412, 689;
children sacrificed to save the lives of their, i. 455, 456, 459–461;
sacrificing their children, i. 455–461;
eating their children, i. 458 sq., ii. 554, 555. 562, 568 sq.;
daughters committing suicide on the death of their, i. 473;
inflicting corporal punishment upon their children, i. 513–515, 607, 610;
children using violence against their, i. 513, 624 sq., ii. 677;
their duty of taking care of their children, i. 526–533;
children’s duty of taking care of their, i. 533–538;
children’s respect for their, i. 534–538, 600, 601, 607–613, 616–628, ii. 194;
children’s affection for their, i. 534–538, 618, 659, ii. 194, 748;
religion emphasising children’s duties to their, i. 536, 537, 608, 610, 612, 613, 616, 617, 620–627, ii. 711, 714, 715, 716 n. 2, 717, 732;
children cursing their, i. 564;
selling their children as slaves, i. 599, 607, 609, 611, 612, 615, 675, 681, 682, 684, 685, 689, 691 sq.;
children telling a falsehood in the presence of their, ii. 96;
children addressing abusive language to their, ii. 142;
their duties to their children, ii. 166, 748;
children’s duties to their, ii. 166, 748;
committing suicide on the death of their children, ii. 232, 244 n. 3;
fasting after the death of their children, ii. 298–300;
children fasting after the death of their, ii. 298–301;
children punished after death for inflicting injuries upon their, ii. 715.
See Maternal, Paternal affection

Parricide. See Parents

Parricidium, i. 384 sq.

Pastoral life, supposed connection between the custom of ultimogeniture and a, ii. 48 n. 4, 56 n. 5

—— peoples, vegetable food provided by the women among, i. 634, ii. 273;
the position of women among, i. 660 sq.;
slavery among, i. 672, 673, 681;
social aggregates of, ii. 201;
their sympathy for their domestic animals, ii. 506

Passing-bell, the, ii. 524, 544

Passover, the, i. 459, 470, ii. 296

Paternal affection, i. 401, 402, 405, 529–533. ii. 187–190, 193, 748;
its influence on the duration of marriage, ii. 397

Patriotism, ii. 167–185

Peace, perpetual, i. 334, 337, 367

—— Societies, i. 369

Peculium, of slaves, i. 690, 697, ii. 31–33;
of sons, ii. 28;
of women, ii. 29

Pederasty. See Homosexual love

Penance, ii. 356–361, 363, 708, 735;
fasting as a form of, ii. 246, 315–318, 406

Perjury, considered contagious, i. 58–61;
considered sinful though committed unconsciously, i. 229, 231, 233 sq.;
punished by custom or law, i. 505, 521 sq., ii. 123 n. 1;
regarded as an offence against the deity, i. 507, ii. 122, 122 sq. n. 10;
no civil punishment affixed to, ii. 123 n. 1;
believed to incur divine punishment, ii. 123 n. 1, 684, 686, 714;
to cause misery after death, ii. 715 sq.

Phratry, the, ii. 217, 218, 222 sq.

Pigeons, prohibition of killing, ii. 490;
eating of, ii. 737

Pilgrimage, ii. 314, 416, 538 n. 2, 725

“Pious fraud,” ii. 100, 104, 112

Pocket-picking, i. 187, 243

Politeness, i. 160, ii. 146–152

Pollution, of sin, i. 52–57, 61–65, 70, 71, 85, 86, 407, ii. 256 n. 2, 654 sq.;
of curses, i. 57–61, 70, 233, 234, 624 sq., ii. 583, 584, 703;
of blood, i. 225, 232, 233, 375–382, ii. 256 sq. n. 2, 262, 714;
of women, i. 663–666, ii. 538 n. 2;
of self-inflicted death, ii. 257 n. 5 262;
of death, ii. 283, 302–307, 416, 536–539, 544 sq.;
of natural death, ii. 416, 609;
of food, ii. 294–296;
of wine, ii. 344 sq.;
sexual, ii. 414–420, 752;
caused by partaking of human flesh, ii. 538, 575 sq.;
holiness very susceptible to, i. 58, 380–382, 625, ii. 294–296, 322, 344, 345. 352, 353, 415–420, 608–610, 638, 643, 752

Polyandry, ii. 387, 395

Polygyny, ii. 387–392, 395;
connection between illegitimate children’s right to inheritance and, ii. 57;
a cause of homosexual practices, ii. 466

Polytheism, tolerance of, ii. 647–652

Pork, abstinence from, ii. 321, 322, 326–330, 335

Positive commandments, i. 303–305, 310

Possession, acquisition of property by continued, ii. 39– 41, 52

Potatoes, abstinence from, after a death, ii. 301