Soul, the immortality of the, resolutely excluded from the teaching of the Stoics, i. 181. Character of their first notions on the subject, 182. The belief in the reabsorption of the soul in the parent Spirit, 183. Belief of Cicero and Plutarch in the immortality of the, 204. But never adopted as a motive by the Stoics, 204. Increasing belief in the, 331. Vague belief of the Romans in the, 168 Sospitra, story of, i. 373 Spain, persecution of the Christians in, i. 461. Almost complete absence of infanticide in, ii. 25, _note_. The first lunatic asylums in Europe established in, 89, 90 Spaniards, among the most prominent of Latin writers, i. 235. Their suicides, ii. 54 Spartans, their intense patriotism, i. 178. Their legislature continually extolled as a model, 201. Condition of their women, ii. 290 Spinoza, his remark on death, i. 203 Anecdote of him, 289 Staël, Madame de, on suicide, ii. 59 Statius, on the first night of marriage, i. 107, _note_ Stewart, Dugald, on the pleasures of virtue, i. 32, _note_ Stilpo, his scepticism and banishment, i. 162. His remark on his ruin, 191. Stoics, their definition of conscience, i. 83. Their view of the animation of the human fœtus, 92. Their system of ethics favourable to the heroic qualities, 128. Historical fact in favour of the system, 128. Their belief in an all-pervading soul of nature, 162. Their pantheistic conception of the Deity, 163. Their conception and explanation of the prevailing legends of the gods, 163. Their opinion as to the final destruction of the universe by fire, and the resuscitation of souls, 164. Their refusal to consult the oracles, 165. Stoicism the expression of a type of character different from Epicureanism, 172. Rome pre-eminently the home of Stoicism, 172. Account of the philosophy of the Stoics, 177. Its two essentials—the unselfish ideal and the subjugation of the affections to the reason, 177. The best example of the perfect severance of virtue and interest, 181. Their views concerning the immortality of the soul, 182-184. Taught men to sacrifice reputation, and do good in secret, 186. And distinguished the obligation from the attraction of virtue, 186. Taught also that the affections must be subordinate to the reason, 187-191. Their false estimate of human nature, 192. Their love of paradox, 192. Imperfect lives of many eminent Stoics, 193. Their retrospective tendencies, 193. Their system unfitted for the majority of mankind, 194. Compared with the religious principle, 195. The central composition of this philosophy, the dignity of man, 195. High sense of the Stoics of the natural virtue of man, and of the power of his will, 195, 196. Their recognition of Providence, 196. The two aspects under which they worshipped God, 198.