The literature of “Consolations,” 204.
Death not regarded by the philosophers as penal, 205.
Popular terrors of death, 205, 206.
Instances of tranquil pagan deaths, 207.
Distinctions between the pagan and Christian conceptions of death, 208
Decius, persecution of the Christians under, i. 449, 450
Defoe, Daniel, his tract against beggars, ii. [98], and note
Delphi, oracle of, its description of the best religion, i. 167
Deogratias, his ransom of prisoners, ii. [72]
Despotism, Helvétius' remarks on the moral effects of, i. 129, note