Stoicism not capable of representing the softening movement of civilisation, 241.
Influence of the eclectic spirit on it, 244.
Stoicism becomes more essentially religious, 245.
Increasingly introspective character of later Stoicism, 247.
Marcus Aurelius the best example of later Stoicism, 249-255.
Effects of Stoicism on the corruption of Roman Society, 291, 292.
It raised up many good Emperors, 292.
It produced a noble opposition under the worst Emperors, 293.
It greatly extended Roman law, 294.
The Stoics considered as the consolers of the suffering, advisers of the young, and as popular preachers, 308.