[[15]] Lucan, ix, 564-586, contains a short summary of Stoicism, supposed to be spoken by Cato.

[[16]] Epictetus, D. i, 9 (some lines omitted).

[[17]] phantasíai, impressions left on the mind by things or events.

[[18]] Epictetus, D. i, 9.

[[19]] Diogenes Laertius, vii, 1, 53; see Caird, op. cit. vol. ii, p. 124.

[[20]] See Lecky, European Morals, i, 128, 129.

[[21]] Ep. 108, 22, philosophiam oderat.

[[22]] With these passages compare the fine account which Persius gives (Sat. v) of his early studies with the Stoic Cornutus.

[[23]] Plutarch, de esu carnium, ii, 5.

[[24]] Plutarch, de esu carnium, i, 6, on clogging the soul by eating flesh. Clem. Alex. Pæd. ii, 16, says St Matthew lived on seeds, nuts and vegetables, and without meat.