On the Principle that the Worse is accustomed to be always plotting against the Better

A TREATISE ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT THE WORSE IS ACCUSTOMED TO BE ALWAYS PLOTTING AGAINST THE BETTER

[1] [cap.1] And Cain said to Abel his brother, "Let us go to the field. And it came to pass, that while they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him." ^[1] What Cain proposes to do is this: having by invitation led Abel on to a dispute, to convince him by main force, using plausible and probable sophisms; for the field to which he invites him to come, we may call a symbol of rivalry and contention, forming our conjectures of things that are uncertain from our perception of those which are manifest.