Daemons, Apuleius" disquisition on the doctrine of, i. 323.
The doctrine supersedes the Stoical naturalism, i. 331.
The daemons of the Greeks and Romans, 380.
And of the Christians, 382
Dale, Van, his denial of the supernatural character of the oracles, i. 374
Dead, Roman worship of the, i. 168
Death, calmness with which some men of dull and animal natures can meet, i. 89.
Frame of mind in which a man should approach death, according to Epictetus, 195.
Preparation for death one of the chief ends of the philosophy of the ancients, 202.
Bacon"s objection to the Stoics" view of, 202.
The Irish legend of the islands of life and death, 203.
The literature of "Consolations," 204.
Death not regarded by the philosophers as penal, 205.
Popular terrors of death, 205, 206.
Instances of tranquil pagan deaths, 207.
Distinctions between the pagan and Christian conceptions of death, 208
Decius, persecution of the Christians under, i. 449, 450
Defoe, Daniel, his tract against beggars, ii. 98, and _note_
Delphi, oracle of, its description of the best religion, i. 167
Deogratias, his ransom of prisoners, ii. 72
Despotism, Helvetius" remarks on the moral effects of, i. 129, _note_
Diagoras, his denial of the existence of the G.o.ds, i. 162
Diodorus, the philosopher, his suicide, i. 215
Dion Chrysostom, his denunciation of images of the Deity, i. 166, 167, _note_.
His life and works, 312
Dionysius of Halicarna.s.sus, on the creed of the Romans, i. 167
Disinterestedness, Bentham"s remarks on, quoted, i. 32, _note_
Disposition, what const.i.tutes, according to the theory of a.s.sociation, i.
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Divination, a favourite subject of Roman ridicule, i. 166.
Belief of the ancients in, 363
Divorce, unbounded liberty of, among the Romans, ii. 306-308.
Condemned by the Church, 350, 351
Docetae, their tenets, ii. 102
Dog-star, legend of the, ii. 162
Dolphin, legends of the, ii. 162, and _note_
Domestic laws, Roman, changes in, i. 297, 298
Domestic virtues, destruction of the, by the ascetics, ii. 125
Domitian, his law respecting suicide, i. 219.
Anecdote of his cruelty, 289.
His law as to slaves, 307.
His persecution of the Stoics and Christians, 431, 432
Domitilla, banishment of, i. 433
Domnina, her suicide with her daughters, ii. 46
Donatists, their intolerance, ii. 195
Dowry of women, rise of the, ii. 277 and _note_
Dreams, opinions of the Romans concerning, i. 366, 367, _note_
Dumont, M., on vengeance quoted, i. 41, _note_
Duty, theory of morals must explain what is, and the notion of there being such a thing as, i. 5.
Paley on the difference between it and prudence, 15, 16, _note_.
Distinction between natural duties and those resting on positive law, 93.
Duty a distinct motive, 180
Dwarfs, combats of, in the arena, i. 281
Earthquakes, how regarded by the ancients, i. 369.
Cause of persecutions of the Christians, 408
Easter controversy, bitterness of the, ii. 198
Eclectic school of philosophy, rise of the, i. 242.
Its influence on the Stoics, 245
Eclipses, opinions of the ancients concerning, i. 366
Education, importance ascribed to, by the theory of the a.s.sociation of ideas, i. 30.
Contrast between that adopted by the Catholic priesthood and that of the English public schools, 114.
Its influence on the benevolent feelings, 133, 134.
Two distinct theories of, 187
Egypt, the cradle of monachism, ii. 105.