Chapter 45
Games at the dedication of the, 280
Columba.n.u.s, St., his missionary labours, ii. 246
Comedy, Roman, short period during which it flourished, i. 277
Comet, a temple erected by the Romans in honour of a, i. 367
Commodus, his treatment of the Christians, i. 443
Compa.s.sion, theory that it is the cause of our acts of barbarity, i. 71, 72
Concubines, Roman, ii. 350
Concupiscence, doctrine of the Fathers respecting, ii. 281
Condillac, cause of the attractiveness of utilitarianism to, i. 71.
Connection with Locke, i. 122, _note_
Confessors, power of the, in the early Church, i. 390, and _note_
Congo, Helvetius, on a custom of the people of, i. 102, _note_
Conquerors, causes of the admiration of, i. 94, 95
Conscience, a.s.sociation of ideas generating, i. 28.
Recognised by the disciples of Hartley, 29.
Definitions of Hobbes, Locke, Bentham, and Bain, 29, _note_.
The rewards and punishments of conscience, 60-62.
Unique position of, in our nature, 83.
As defined by Cicero, the Stoics, St. Paul, and Butler, 83
Consequences, remote, weakness of the utilitarian doctrine of, i. 42-44
"Consolations," literature of, leading topics of, i. 204
Constantine, the Emperor, his foundation of the empire of
12.
His humane policy towards children, 29, 30.
His sanction of the gladiatorial shows, 35.
His laws mitigating the severity of punishments, 42.
His treatment of slaves, 64.
His law respecting Sunday, 244.
Magnificence of his court at Constantinople, 265
Conventual system, effect of the suppression of the, on women, ii. 369
Cordeilla, or Cordelia, her suicide, ii. 53, _note_
Corinth, effect of the conquest of, on the decadence of Rome, i. 169
Cornelia, a vestal virgin, incident of her execution, ii. 318, _note_
Cornelius, the bishop, martyrdom of, i. 454
Cornutus, his disbelief in a future state, i. 183
Corporations, moral qualities of, i. 152
Councils of the Church, character of the, ii. 197, _note_
Courtesans, Greek, ii. 287.
Causes of their elevation, 291-294.
How regarded by the Romans, 300
Cousin, Victor, his criticism of the Scotch moralists, i. 74, _note_.
His objection against Locke, 75, _note_
Crantor, originates the literature of "Consolations," i. 204
Cremutius Cordus, trial of, i. 448, _note_
Crime, value attached by the monks to pecuniary compensations for, ii.
213.
Catalogue of crimes of the seventh century, 237-239
Criminals, causes of our indulgent judgment of, i. 135
Critical spirit, the, destroyed by Neoplatonism, i. 330
Cromaziano, his history of suicide, i. 216, _note_
Cruelty, origin and varieties of, i. 132, 134.
Cruelty to animals, utilitarian doctrine concerning, 46, 47
Crusius, his adherence to the opinion of Ockham as to the foundation of the moral law, i. 17, _note_
Cudworth, his a.n.a.lysis of moral judgments, i. 76
Culagium, a tax levied on the clergy, ii. 330
c.u.mberland, Bishop, his unselfish view of virtue, i. 19, _note_
Cynics, account of the later, i. 309
Cyprian, St., his evasion of persecution by flight, i. 452.
His exile and martyrdom, 455
Cyzicus deprived of its freedom, i. 259