Their views concerning the immortality of the soul, 182-184.

Taught men to sacrifice reputation, and do good in secret, 186.

And distinguished the obligation from the attraction of virtue, 186.

Taught also that the affections must be subordinate to the reason, 187-191.

Their false estimate of human nature, 192.

Their love of paradox, 192.

Imperfect lives of many eminent Stoics, 193.

Their retrospective tendencies, 193.

Their system unfitted for the majority of mankind, 194.

Compared with the religious principle, 195.