And of comets, 369.

His facility of belief, 370.

His denunciation of finger rings, ii. [148]

Pliny, the younger, his desire for posthumous reputation, i. 185, note.

His picture of the ideal of Stoicism, 186.

His letter to Trajan respecting the Christians, 437.

His benevolence, 242; ii. [77]

Plotinus, his condemnation of suicide, i. 214.

His philosophy, 330

Plutarch, his defence of the bad poetry of the oracles, 165, note.