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
Sweden, cause of the great number of illegitimate births in, i. 144
Swinburne, Mr., on annihilation, i. 182, _note_
Symmachus, his Saxon prisoners, i. 287
Synesius, legend of him and Evagrius, ii. 214.
Refuses to give up his wife, 332
Syracuse, gladiatorial shows at, i. 275
Tacitus, his doubts about the existence of Providence, i. 171, _note_
Telemachus, the monk, his death in the arena, ii. 37
Telesphorus, martyrdom of, i. 446, _note_
Tertia Æmilia, story of, ii. 313
Tertullian, his belief in dæmons, i. 382.
And challenge to the Pagans, 383
Testament, Old, supposed to have been the source of pagan writings, i. 344
Thalasius, his hospital for blind beggars, ii. 81
Theatre, scepticism of the Romans extended by the, i. 170.
Effects of the gladiatorial shows upon the, 277
Theft, reasons why some savages do not regard it as criminal, i. 102.
Spartan law legalising it, 102
Theodebert, his polygamy, ii. 343
Theodoric, his court at Ravenna, ii. 201, 202, _note_
Theodorus, his denial of the existence of the gods, i. 162
Theodorus, St., his inhumanity to his mother, ii. 128
Theodosius the Emperor, his edict forbidding gladiatorial shows, ii. 36.
Denounced by the Ascetics, 139.
His law respecting Sunday, 245
Theological utilitarianism, theories of, i. 14-17
Theology, sphere of inductive reasoning in, 357
Theon, St., legend of, and the wild beasts, ii. 168
Theurgy rejected by Plotinus, i. 330.
All moral discipline resolved into, by Iamblichus, 330
Thrace, celibacy of societies of men in, i. 106
Thrasea, mildness of his Stoicism, i. 245
Thrasea and Aria, history of, ii. 311
Thriftiness created by the industrial spirit, i. 140
Tiberius the Emperor, his images invested with a sacred character, i. 260.
His superstitions, 367, and _note_
Timagenes, exiled from the palace by Tiberius, i. 448, _note_
Titus, the Emperor, his tranquil end, i. 207.
Instance of his amiability, 287
Tooth-powder, Apuleius’ defence of, ii. 148
Torments, future, the doctrine of, made by the monks a means of extorting
money, ii. 216.
Monastic legends of, 220
Tragedy, effects of the gladiatorial shows upon, among the Romans, i. 277
Trajan, the Emperor, his gladiatorial shows, i. 287.
Letter of Pliny to, respecting the Christians, 437.
Trajan’s answer, 437.
His benevolence to children, ii. 77.
Legend of St. Gregory and the Emperor, 223
Transmigration of souls, doctrine of, of the ancients, ii. 166
Travelling, increased facilities for, of the Romans, i. 234
Trinitarian monks, their works of mercy, ii. 73
Troubadours, one of their services to mankind, ii. 232
’Truce of God,’ importance of the, ii. 254
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