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the perfected wise man is altogether virtuous, in 

 consequence of being guided in all things by the 

 reason, which is an effluence of Zeus, and there 

 seems no escape from the stoical conclusion. 



Note 17 (p. 76). 



Our " Apathy " carries such a different set of 

 connotations from its Greek original that I have 

 ventured on using the latter as a technical term. 



Note 18 (p. 77). 



Many of the stoical philosophers recommended 

 their disciples to take an active share in public 

 affairs; and in the Roman world, for several cen- 

 turies, the best public men were strongly inclined 

 to Stoicism. Nevertheless, the logical tendency of 

 Stoicism seems to me to be fulfilled only in such 

 men as Diogenes and Epictetus. 



Note 19 (p. 80). 



" Criticisms on the Origin of Species," 1864. 

 Collected Essays, vol. ii. p. 91. [1894.] 



Note 20 (p. 81). 



Of course, strictly speaking, social life, and the 

 ethical process in virtue of which it advances towards 

 perfection, are part and parcel of the general process 

 of evolution, just as the gregarious habit of in- 



