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252 Roman custom, 130.

Roman officers, 69.

Rome, small extent of her fame, 44.

Saturn, 120.

Scythia, 1, 44.

Sea and storm, 10.

Sea-cliffs, 16.

Self-sufficiency, 82.

Seneca and Nero, 71.

Senses, perception by, 171.

Soul, 90; threefold nature of, 90; and body, 97, 131; qualities of, 97.

Spark and tinder, 10.

Spring and river, 92, 96.

Stones, nature of, 104.

Struggle against sins, 129.

Swine, habits of, 133.

Symmachus, 20.

Tarquin, 35.

Thanes, 128.

Theodoric, 1, 2, 34, 66.

Thule, 73.

Tools, 29; for government, 41.

Trees, habits of, 103.

Troy, 40.

Ulysses and Circe, 133.

Understanding, modes of, 172.

Unrighteousness suffered by God, 119.

Virgil, 165.

Virtue, 47.

Walking and creeping (parable), 123.

Wealth, 16, 18, 26, 30, 33; evils of, 77; brings foes, 32; vanity of, 39; insufficient for happiness, 64; brings no real honour, 68.