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 the East, ii.

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