Decline of the civic virtues caused by asceticism, [139].

Moral effects of asceticism on self-sacrifice, [154], [155].

Moral beauty of some of the legends of the ascetics, [156].

Legends of the connection between the saints and the animal world, [161].

Practical form of asceticism in the West, [177].

Influence of asceticism on chastity, [319], [320].

On marriage, [320].

On the estimate of women, [337]

Asella, story of her asceticism, ii. [133]

Asia Minor, destruction of the churches of, ii. [14]