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  • Æschines, a rhetorician, vii. 80.
  • calumniated, iii. 79.
  • lectured at Athens, iv. 80.
  • son of a sausage seller, i. 79.
  • AlcmÆon, Crotona, his view of the soul, 371.
  • Anacharsis, inventions of, ii. 48.
  • letter to Croesus, 49.
  • received by Solon, iii. 47.
  • return to Scythia, iv. 47.
  • sayings of, v. 47.
  • one of the wise, 46.
  • Anaxagoras, called Mind, i. 59.
  • epigrams on, x. 62.
  • first prose writer, viii. 61.
  • opinions of, iii. 59.
  • prosecuted for impiety, ix. 61.
  • Anaxarchus, called Happy, iii. 401.
  • intimate with Alexander, 400.
  • Nicocreon, his enemy, 401.
  • Anaximander, the astronomer, 57.
  • Anaximenes, letters to Pythagoras, 58.
  • Annicereans, their opinions, x. 92.
  • Antisthenes, doctrines of, v. 220.
  • founds a manly Stoic school, viii. 221.
  • love of life, x. 223.
  • pupil of Gorgias, ii. 217.
  • sayings of, iv. 218.
  • writings of, ix. 222.
  • Arcesilaus, a favourite of Eumenes and Hierocles, xiv. 168.
  • an admirer of Plato, viii. 165.
  • a poet, iv. 164.
  • axiomatic and free-spoken, x. 165.
  • death from excess, x. 170.
  • disliked talkativeness, 166.
  • founder of the Middle Academy, ii. 163.
  • goes to Crantor, iii. 163.
  • letter to Thaumasias, xix. 170.
  • liberal with money, xiii. 167.
  • vices of, xvi. 168.
  • Archelaus, 62.
  • a natural philosopher, ii. 62.
  • opinions on heat and cold, &c. iii. 63.
  • —— production of animals, iii. 63.
  • Archytas, general at Tarentum, 369.
  • letter to Plato and reply, iv. 369.
  • mathematician, vii. 370.
  • Aristippus, a favourite of Dionysius, iii. 81.
  • opinions of, on pain and pleasure, 90.
  • retorts, iv. 82.
  • school of philosophy, viii. 89.
  • sycophancy, iv. 82.
  • teaches for money, ii. 81.
  • wealth, iv. 82.
  • writings, vi. 88.
  • Ariston, the bald, called Siren, i. 318.
  • an eloquent philosopher, vi. 319.
  • his writings, vii. 319.
  • Aristotle, apophthegms, xi. 187.
  • death from poison, vii. 182.
  • hymn to Hermias, 183.
  • leaves Plato, iv. 181.
  • lived in Philip’s court, vi. 182.
  • opinions, criterion of truth, 192.
  • —— friendship, 192.
  • —— God, 193.
  • —— philosophy, 191.
  • Plato’s most eminent pupil, ii. 181.
  • peripatetic, why so called, iv. 181.
  • scheme for early waking, x. 186.
  • school at Athens, vii. 182.
  • will of, ix. 185.
  • writings, many, xii. 189.
  • Bias, the wise, 38.
  • declines the tripod, i. 38.
  • death of, in court, iv. 39.
  • eloquent and just as a lawyer, iii. 39.
  • a poet, v. 39.
  • sayings of, v. 39.
  • stratagem to save Priene, his native city, ii. 39.
  • Bion, apophthegms of, iii. 172.
  • change of schools, iv. 173.
  • fear of death, x. 175.
  • fond of theatre, v. 174.
  • poverty of, i. 171.
  • selfishness of, ix. 174.
  • Carneades, his letters, viii. 178.
  • well read in Stoic lore, ii. 177.
  • industry of, iii. 178.
  • his fear of death, vii. 178.
  • Cebes, the Theban, 105.
  • Charondas, account of, note, 345.
  • Chilo, the wise one of, 32.
  • brief in speech, v. 34.
  • death of, through joy, v. 34.
  • letter to Periander, v. 34.
  • opinion as to Cythera, iv. 33.
  • saying about suretyship, v. 34.
  • sayings of, ii. 33.
  • Chrysippus, his abilities, ii. 327.
  • his books, xii. 331.
  • his industry, iii. 328.
  • his questions, xi. 330.
  • a pupil of Cleanthes, i. 327.
  • his self-esteem, iv. 329.
  • said to be an indecent writer, xii. 331.
  • Cleanthes, a boxer, 322.
  • books of, ii. 325.
  • called an ass, iv. 323.
  • poor and industrious, ii. 322.
  • slow of intellect, iii. 323.
  • starved himself, vii. 326.
  • wrote on oyster shells, &c. for want of paper, iv. 323.
  • Cleobulus, one of the wise men, 41.
  • apophthegms of, iv. 42.
  • letter to Solon, vi. 43.
  • Clitomachus, disciple and successor of Carneades, 179.
  • Crantor, a poet, vi. 162.
  • a pupil of Polemo, iii. 161.
  • retires to temple of Æsculapius, iv. 161.
  • Crates, a pupil of Polemo, 160.
  • lived with Crantor, iii. 160.
  • writings of, and disciples, iv. 161.
  • Crates, a Theban cynic, 249.
  • his disposal of property, iv. 250.
  • his jesting with death, x. 252.
  • his indifference to public opinion, viii. 252.
  • his sayings, ix. 282.
  • Crito, the Athenian, 103.
  • Cynics, doctrines of, iii. 257.
  • discard liberal studies, 257.
  • prefer ethics to logic, 257.
  • simplicity in living, 258.
  • virtue, the chief good, 258.
  • —— may be taught, 258.
  • Cyrenaics, a sect of the school of Aristippus, viii. 89.
  • Demetrius, governor of Athens, ii. 209.
  • honoured and envied, viii. 209.
  • his reported blindness and restoration of sight, vii. 209.
  • statues erected to him, ii. 209.
  • sayings of, x. 211.
  • writings of, ix. 210.
  • Democritus, pupil of the magi, 390.
  • death, xi. 390.
  • disregard of glory, v. 391.
  • —— of wealth, vii. 392.
  • doctrines of, xii. 394.
  • lowly life, vii. 392.
  • Plato’s dislike of him, viii. 393.
  • sagacity, stories of, x. 394.
  • writings of, xiii. 395.
  • Dialectics, the Stoics’ doctrine of, xxxv. 275.
  • Diogenes, accounts of his death, xi. 246.
  • anecdotes of him, vi. 228.
  • cynical sayings, 226.
  • lived in a cask, 225.
  • money changer, 224.
  • —— corrupted by him, i. 224.
  • neglect of music, vii. 245.
  • persuader, a skilful, x. 245.
  • poverty of, reconciled to, iii. 224.
  • pride and haughtiness of, iv. 225.
  • pupil of Antisthenes, ii. 224.
  • sold as a slave, ix. 245.
  • writings of, xii. 247.
  • Diogenes of Apollonia, 400.
  • his chief doctrines, ii. 400.
  • Dionysius, a pupil of Zeno, 321.
  • writings of, v. 321.
  • Druids, account of, note 3.
  • Egyptian philosophy, vii. 9.
  • Empedocles, accused of pride, xi. 366.
  • doctrines of, xii. 368.
  • inventor of rhetoric, iii. 361.
  • liberality of, ix. 363.
  • pacifies the Agrigentines, xi. 366.
  • political career, ix. 363.
  • retires to Peloponnesus, x. 364.
  • story of his wonder working, xi. 365.
  • why called, wind-forbidder, v. 362.
  • Epicharmus, inscription on his statue, 368.
  • Epicurus, an Athenian, 424.
  • his character, v. 427.
  • criteria of truth, 435.
  • said to be debauched, iii. 426.
  • rejected dialectics, 435.
  • Diotimus, a Stoic, opposes him, iii. 425.
  • doctrines, his, on affections, 447.
  • —— atoms, 439.
  • —— clouds, thunder, &c. 460.
  • —— comets, 464.
  • —— faults among men, 467.
  • —— forms and attributes, 449.
  • —— grief, 467.
  • —— heaven’s phenomena, 452, 458.
  • —— injuries among men, 466.
  • —— meteorological, 461.
  • —— opinion and supposition, 436.
  • —— passions, pleasure, and pain, 436.
  • —— pleasure, 471, 473.
  • —— production of things, 441.
  • —— self-production, 451.
  • —— stars, 464.
  • —— study of philosophy, 468.
  • —— universe, 439.
  • flattered Mithras, iii. 425.
  • fundamental maxims of, xxxi. 474.
  • letter of, to Herodotus, xxiv. 436.
  • —— Menoeceus, xxvii. 468.
  • —— Pythocles, xxv. 455.
  • manner of his death, ix. 429.
  • plain language, his, viii. 428.
  • pupils, his, xi. 431.
  • virtue, why to be chosen, xxx. 473.
  • voluminous writings, xvii. 483.
  • will, his last, x. 429.
  • writings on natural philosophy, iv. 426.
  • youthful student, a, ix. 429.
  • Epimenides, one of the wise men, 50.
  • built a temple at Athens, vi. 52.
  • honoured as a deity, xi. 53.
  • letter to Solon, ix. 52.
  • long life, his, story of, iv. 51.
  • long sleep, his, story of, ii. 50.
  • poems, and other writings, v. 51.
  • stays the plague at Athens, iii. 51.
  • Ethical philosophy, what, xiii. 12.
  • subdivisions, xiii. 12.
  • Euclides, his followers, iv. 97.
  • opinions, ii. 97.
  • protector of Socrates, i. 97.
  • Eudoxus, astronomer, geometrician, and lawgiver, 373.
  • inventor of theory of crooked lines, vi. 374.
  • writings of, iii. 373.
  • Fate, Stoics’ view of, lxxiv. 318.
  • GymnosophistÆ, what and who, i. 3.
  • God, Stoics’ view of, lxxii. 312.
  • Hegesiaci, a sect of the school of Aristippus, their opinions, ix. 91.
  • Heraclides, a Peripatetic, Pythagorean, and Platonist, by turns, ii. 213.
  • remarkable attempt to deceive at his death, ii. 215.
  • surnamed Pompicus from his dress and size, iii. 114.
  • system, his, made difficult on purpose, xxxviii. 135.
  • theory of ideas, 118.
  • valiant soldier, a, x. 115.
  • visits Sicily, volcanoes, xiv. 119.
  • what he taught, xix. 122.
  • where he first taught, viii. 114.
  • will, his last, xxx. 127.
  • Polemo, his calmness, iv. 158.
  • epigram, viii. 160.
  • fond, of Sophocles, vii. 159.
  • imitated Xenocrates, vi. 159.
  • intemperate and profligate, 158.
  • much honoured, iv. 158.
  • rigorous system of morals, iv. 158.
  • Potamo and his school, xiv. 13.
  • Potter’s wheel, invented by Anacharsis, viii. 48.
  • Protagoras, method of arguing, his, iii. 397.
  • taught at a fixed price, 398.
  • works, his, v. 398.
  • wrecked in his way to Sicily, vii. 399.
  • Pyrrho, originally a painter, 402.
  • account of him, by Antigonus, 402.
  • arguing, ten modes of, ix. 409.
  • arguing, five others added by Agrippa, x. 412.
  • attached to Anaxarchus, ii. 402.
  • certainty not attainable, 414.
  • disciples, vii. 405.
  • —— called Sceptics from their doubting every thing, viii. 405.
  • eloquent, 403.
  • fortitude and economy, vi. 404.
  • good, natural, or natural evil, none, 417.
  • honoured by his country, 403.
  • impassiveness, vi. 404.
  • learning, no such thing, 417.
  • left no writings, 418.
  • motion, none, 417.
  • production, none, 417.
  • signs, invisible of visible things, 416.
  • signs, visible of visible things, none, 415.
  • system learned from his disciples, 418.
  • travelled to India, 402.
  • Pythagoras, accounted a son of Mercury, iv. 339.
  • his works, v. 340.
  • community of property with friends, viii. 342.
  • division of life, vii. 342.
  • doctrine of monads, xix. 348.
  • founder of Italian philosophy, i. 338.
  • geometrician, xi. 342.
  • greatly admired, xv. 342.
  • initiated into mysteries, iii. 338.
  • introduced weights and measures to Greece, xiii. 344.
  • letter to Anaximenes, xxvi. 358.
  • >387.
  • Zoroaster, his philosophy, note, 5.

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