Erillus, of Carthage, pupil of Zeno the Stoic, held that knowledge is the only good, while everything else is neither good nor evil; his ethical theories rejected, [i, 6].
Eteocles, son of Oedipus, drove out his brother Polynices, in order to reign alone, and brought on the war of the Seven against Thebes; the brothers fell by each other's hands; [iii, 82].
Euripides (480-406), tragic poet of Athens; disciple of Anaxagoras and friend of Socrates; wrote 75 to 90 plays; 17 are extant; Cicero quotes from the Hippolytus, [iii, 82]; the Phoenissae, [iii, 108].
Evil, the supreme, [i, 5]; [iii, 119]; not pain, [i, 5]; [iii, 105], [117]; but moral wrong, [iii, 105], [106]; the only, [iii, 106].
Expediency, definition, [ii, 1], [11]; indispensable, [iii, 101]; identical with Moral Rectitude, [ii, 9-10]; [iii, 20], [35], [49], [83], [85], [110]; conflict with Moral Rectitude impossible, [iii, 9], [11], [18], [34], [40], [48], [72]; incompatible with immorality, [iii, 35], [77], [81], [82], [87]; [ii, 64]; one standard for both, [iii, 75]; relative, [ii, 88 fg].; possible change of, [iii, 95]; occasion for doubt, [iii, 19]; apparent conflict with justice, [iii, 40], [86]; apparent political expediency vs. humanity, [iii, 46-49]; in business, [iii, 50 fg].; apparent conflict with Fortitude, [iii, 97-115]; apparent conflict with Temperance, [iii, 116].
Fabius; see [Maximus].
[Fabricius]; Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, hero of old Rome, famed for integrity and moral dignity; called "the Just," [iii, 16], [87]; consul (282); served against Pyrrhus (280); ambassador to Pyrrhus to negotiate exchange of prisoners; Pyrrhus tried to gain his favour by appeals to his ambition, avarice, and fears—in vain, [i, 38]; consul again (278), he sent back to Pyrrhus the traitor, [i, 40]; [iii, 86-87]; a rigorous censor (275); lived and died in poverty.
Fame; see [Glory].
Fear, the wretchedness of, [ii, 25-26]; vs. love, [ii, 23-26]; dangerous to the one who employs it, [ii, 26].
[Fetial] Law, the laws of the Fetiales, a college of four priests who served as guardians of the public faith; they conducted the ceremonies attendant upon demands for redress, declarations of war, ratification of treaties, establishment of peace; [i, 36]; [iii, 108].