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.
“Ought,” analysis of the concept, i. 134–137
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
Parricidium, i. 384 sq.
—— 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
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
—— Societies, i. 369
Pederasty. See Homosexual love
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.
Pilgrimage, ii. 314, 416, 538 n. 2, 725
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
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
Possession, acquisition of property by continued, ii. 39– 41, 52