Constantine, the Emperor, his foundation of the empire of the East, ii. 12. His humane policy towards children, 29, 30. His sanction of the gladiatorial shows, 35. His laws mitigating the severity of punishments, 42. His treatment of slaves, 64. His law respecting Sunday, 244. Magnificence of his court at Constantinople, 265 Conventual system, effect of the suppression of the, on women, ii. 369 Cordeilla, or Cordelia, her suicide, ii. 53, _note_ Corinth, effect of the conquest of, on the decadence of Rome, i. 169 Cornelia, a vestal virgin, incident of her execution, ii. 318, _note_ Cornelius, the bishop, martyrdom of, i. 454 Cornutus, his disbelief in a future state, i. 183 Corporations, moral qualities of, i. 152 Councils of the Church, character of the, ii. 197, _note_ Courtesans, Greek, ii. 287. Causes of their elevation, 291-294. How regarded by the Romans, 300 Cousin, Victor, his criticism of the Scotch moralists, i. 74, _note_. His objection against Locke, 75, _note_ Crantor, originates the literature of “Consolations,” i. 204 Cremutius Cordus, trial of, i. 448, _note_ Crime, value attached by the monks to pecuniary compensations for, ii. 213. Catalogue of crimes of the seventh century, 237-239 Criminals, causes of our indulgent judgment of, i. 135 Critical spirit, the, destroyed by Neoplatonism, i. 330 Cromaziano, his history of suicide, i. 216, _note_ Cruelty, origin and varieties of, i. 132, 134. Cruelty to animals, utilitarian doctrine concerning, 46, 47 Crusius, his adherence to the opinion of Ockham as to the foundation of the moral law, i. 17, _note_ Cudworth, his analysis of moral judgments, i. 76 Culagium, a tax levied on the clergy, ii. 330 Cumberland, Bishop, his unselfish view of virtue, i. 19, _note_ Cynics, account of the later, i. 309 Cyprian, St., his evasion of persecution by flight, i. 452. His exile and martyrdom, 455 Cyzicus deprived of its freedom, i. 259 Dæmons, Apuleius’ disquisition on the doctrine of, i. 323. The doctrine supersedes the Stoical naturalism, i. 331. The dæmons of the Greeks and Romans, 380. And of the Christians, 382 Dale, Van, his denial of the supernatural character of the oracles, i. 374 Dead, Roman worship of the, i. 168 Death, calmness with which some men of dull and animal natures can meet, i. 89. Frame of mind in which a man should approach death, according to Epictetus, 195. Preparation for death one of the chief ends of the philosophy of the ancients, 202. Bacon’s objection to the Stoics’ view of, 202. The Irish legend of the islands of life and death, 203. 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