ABSTRACT
In addition to the Etymologiae, we must mention the De Natura Retum dedicated to King Sisefuth. It is a kind of cosmography in which theology has its place. Thus at the end of § xxvii Isidore asks himself what will happen to the stars at the Resurrection if they really have souls. Already in his dialectical arguments there is that imperturbable confidence which was to encourage the Middle Ages to discuss minutely the most inaccessible questions. The Chronicle, in two parts, goes from the beginning of the world to the year
615; following the example of St Augustine, he divides the history of the universe into six periods, corresponding to the six days of the Creation. The De Viris Illustribus, in which probably he was not the only one to have a hand, provides a useful supplement to similar works by St Jerome and Gennadius. His Historiae open with a eulogy of Spain which is celebrated.
