The central composition of this philosophy, the dignity of man, 195.

High sense of the Stoics of the natural virtue of man, and of the power of his will, 195, 196.

Their recognition of Providence, 196.

The two aspects under which they worshipped God, 198.

The Stoics secured from quietism by their habits of public life, 199-201.

Their view of humanity, 202.

Their preparations for, and view of, death, 202.

Their teaching as to suicide, 212, 213, et seq.

Contrast between Stoicism and Roman luxury, 225, 226.

The Stoical philosophy quite capable of representing the cosmopolitan spirit, 239, 240.