Their belief in an all-pervading soul of nature, 162.

Their pantheistic conception of the Deity, 163.

Their conception and explanation of the prevailing legends of the gods, 163.

Their opinion as to the final destruction of the universe by fire, and the resuscitation of souls, 164.

Their refusal to consult the oracles, 165.

Stoicism the expression of a type of character different from Epicureanism, 172.

Rome pre-eminently the home of Stoicism, 172.

Account of the philosophy of the Stoics, 177.

Its two essentials—the unselfish ideal and the subjugation of the affections to the reason, 177.

The best example of the perfect severance of virtue and interest, 181.