Ch. I . The mystery of the seeming moral confusion. Philosophy engages to make this plain, and to fulfil her former promise to the full.⁠— Ch. II . Accordingly, (a) she first expounds the paradox that the good alone have power, the bad are altogether powerless.⁠— Ch. III . (b) The righteous never lack their reward, nor the wicked their punishment.⁠— Ch. IV . (c) The wicked are more unhappy when they accomplish their desires than when they fail to attain them. (d) Evildoers are more fortunate when they expiate their crimes by suffering punishment than when they escape unpunished. (e) The wrongdoer is more wretched than he who suffers injury.⁠— Ch. V