History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2)Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
Philosophy
History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2)
Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
Ethics; Europe -- Moral conditions
Jerome, St., on exorcism, i. 382.
On the clean and unclean animals in the ark, ii. 104.
Legend of, 115.
Encouraged inhumanity of ascetics to their relations, 134.
His legend of SS. Paul and Antony, 158
Jews, their law regulating marriage and permitting polygamy, i. 103.
Their treatment of suicides, 218, _note_.
Influence of their manners and creed at Rome, 235, 337.
Became the principal exorcists, 380, 381, _note_.
Spread of their creed in Rome, 386.
Reasons why they were persecuted less than the Christians, 402, 407.
How regarded by the pagans, and how the Christians were regarded by the
Jews, 415.
Charges of immorality brought against the Christians by the Jews, 417.
Domitian’s taxation of them, 432.
Their views of the position of women, ii. 337
Joffre, Juan Gilaberto, his foundation of a lunatic asylum in Valencia,
ii. 89
John, St., at Patmos, i. 433
John, St., of Calama, story of, ii. 128
John XXIII., Pope, his crimes, ii. 331
Johnson, Dr., his adherence to the opinion of Ockham, i. 17, _note_
Julian, the Emperor, his tranquil death, i. 207, and _note_.
Refuses the language of adulation, 259.
His attempt to resuscitate paganism, 331.
Attitude of the Church towards him, ii. 261.
Joy at his death, 262
Julien l’Hospitalier, St., legend of, ii. 84, _note_
Jupiter Ammon, fountain of, deemed miraculous, i. 366, and _note_
Justinian, his laws respecting slavery, ii. 65
Justin Martyr, his recognition of the excellence of many parts of the
pagan writings, i. 344.
On the “seminal logos,” 344.
On the Sibylline books, 376.
Cause of his conversion to Christianity, 415.
His martyrdom, 441
Juvenal, on the natural virtue of man, i. 197
Kames, Lord, on our moral judgments, i. 77.
Notices the analogies between our moral and æsthetical judgments, 77
King’s evil, ceremony of touching for the, i. 363, _note_
Labienus, his works destroyed, i. 448, _note_
Lactantius, character of his treatise, i. 463
Lætorius, story of, i. 259
Laughing condemned by the monks of the desert, ii. 115, _note_
Law, Roman, its relation to Stoicism, i. 294, 295.
Its golden age not Christian, but pagan, ii. 42
Lawyers, their position in literature, i. 131, _note_
Legacies forbidden to the clergy, ii. 151.
Power of making bequests to the clergy enlarged by Constantine, 215
Leibnitz, on the natural or innate powers of man, i. 121, _note_
Leo the Isaurian, Pope, his compact with Pepin, ii. 266
Leonardo da Vinci, his kindness to animals, ii. 172, _note_
Licentiousness, French, Hume’s comments on, i. 50, _note_.
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