[123] Cf. Theophilus (the apologist of about 160 A.D.), ii, 4, who, though not always to be trusted as to the Stoics, remarks this identification of God and conscience. [124] _D._ i, 29. [125] Cf. _D._ i, 1; iii, 19; iv, 4; iv, 12, and very many other passages. [126] _D._ iv, 9, end. [127] _Ep._ 31, 5. [128] Plutarch, _Progress in Virtue_, c. 2, 76 A, on the absurdity of there being no difference between Plato and Meletus. Cf. also _de repugn. Stoic._ 11, 1037 D. [129] "Unconditional eradication," says Zeller, _Eclectics_, p. 226. "I do not hold with those who hymn the savage and hard Apathy (_ten agrion kai skleran_)," wrote Plutarch. _Cons, ad Apoll._ 3, 102 C. See Clem. Alex. _Str._ ii, 110, on _pathe_; as produced by the agency of spirits, and note his talk of Christian Apathy. _Str._ vi, 71-76. [130] Justin Martyr (_Apol._ ii, 8) praises Stoic morality and speaks of Stoics who suffered for it. [131] Cf. Epict. _D._ iii, 25. [132] Sen. _Ep._ 50, 4. [133] Persius, iii, 38. [134] _Ep._ 6, 1. [135] e.g. _Ep._ 57, 3, he is not even _homo tolerabilis_. On the bondage of the soul within the body, see _Ep._ 65, 21-23. [136] Cf. Seneca, Ep. 53, 7, 8--quo quis peius habet minus sentit. "The worse one is, the less he notices it." [137] _D._ i, 5. [138] Plut. _de repugn. Stoic._ 34, 1050 C. Cf. _Tert. de exh. castit._ 2. [139] Cf. Plutarch, _non suaviter_, 1104 F. _kataphronountes eauton os ephemeron kthe_--of the Epicureans. [140] Cf. Plutarch, non suaviter, 1104 C. _tes aidiotetus elpis kai ho pothos tou einai manton epoton prespytatos on kai melstos_. Cf. _ib._ 1093 A. [141] Sen. _Ep._ 117, 6. [142] _Ep._ 102, 2. [143] Ep. 102, 21; the following passages are from the same letter. Note the Stoic significance of _naturale_. [144] Compare _Cons. ad Marc._ 25, 1, _integer ille, etc._ [145] The last words of the "Consolation." Plutarch on resolution into _pur noeron_, _non suaviter_, 1107 B. [146] _ad Polyb._ 9, 3. [147] _D._ iii, 13. Plutarch (_non suaviter_, 1106 E) says Cocytus, etc., are not the chief terror but _he tou me ontos apeile_. [148] _D._ iii, 24. [149] See Plutarch on this, _non suaviter_, 1105 E. [150] Seneca, _N.Q._ ii, 45. [151] Manual, 31. Plutarch, _de repugn. Stoic._ 6, 1034 B, C, remarks on Stoic inconsistency in accepting popular religious usages. [152] _D._ ii, 9. In _D._ v, 7, he refers to "Galilaeans," so that it is quite possible he has Christians in view here. [153] _M._ 32; _D._ iii, 22. [154] Plut. _de repugn. Stoic._ 37, 1051 C. [155] Tertullian, _Apol._ 12, _idem estis qui Senecam aliquem pluribus et amarioribus de vestra superstitione perorantem reprehendistis_. [156] See Plutarch, _de comm. not. adv. Stoicos_, c. 31, and _de def. orac._ 420 A, c. 19; Justin M. _Apol._ ii, 7. [157] Dial. _c. Tryphone_, 2. [158] Sen. _Ep._ 11, 8. [159] _Ep._ 25, 5. [160] _Ep._ 62, 2, cf. 104, 21. [161] _M._ 33, _ti nan epoiesen en touto Sokrates he Zenon_. [162] _M._ 50.