r:
her Aesthetic Papers, 88;
letter to Mr. Ireland, 317.

Peirce, Benjamin, mathematician, 223.

Pelagianisin, 51.
(See _Religion_.)

Pepys, Samuel, allusion, 12.

Pericles, 184, 253.

Persia, poetic models, 338.
(See _Emerson's Poems, Saadi_).

Pessimism, 286.
(See _Optimism_).

Philadelphia, Pa., society, 184.

Philanthropy, activity in 1820, 147.

Philolaus, 199.

Pie, fondness for, 269.

Pierce, John:
the minister of Brookline, 11;
"our clerical Pepys," 12.

Pindar, odes, 253.
(See _Greek, Homer_, etc.)

Plagiarism, 205, 206, 287, 288, 384.
(See _Quotations, Mather_, etc.)

Plato:
influence on Mary Emerson, 16, 17;
over Emerson, 22, 52, 173, 188, 299, 301;
youthful essay, 74;
Alcott's study, 150;
reading, 197;
borrowed thought, 205, 206;
Platonic idea, 222;
a Platonist, 267;
saints of Platonism, 298;
academy inscription, 365;
great authority, 380;
times quoted, 382;
Symposium and Phaedrus quoted, 387;
_tableity_, preexistence, 391;
Diogenes dialogue, 401;
a Platonist, 411.
(See _Emerson's Books_, and _Essays, Greek_, etc.)

Plotinus:
influence over Mary Emerson, 16, 17;
ashamed of his body, 99;
motto, 105;
opinions, 173, 174;
studied, 380.

Plutarch:
allusion, 22;
his Lives, 50;
study, 197;
on immortality, 291;
influence over Emerson, 299 _et seq_.;
his great authority, 380;
times mentioned, 382;
Emerson on, 383;
imagery quoted, 385;
style, 405.

Plymouth, Mass.:
letters written, 78, 79;
marriage, 83.

Poetry:
as an inspirer, 290;
Milton on, 315.
(See _Shakespeare_, etc.)

Poets:
list in Parnassus, 281;
comparative popularity, 316, 317;
consulting Emerson, 408.
(See _Emerson's Poems_).

Politics:
activity in 1820, 147;
in Saturday Club, 259.

Pomeroy, Jesse, allusion, 393.

Pope, Alexander, familiar lines, 316

Porphyry:
opinions, 173, 174;
studied, 380.

Porto Rico, E.B. Emerson's death, 19.

Power, practical, 259.

Prayer:
not enough, 138, 139;
anecdotes, 267.
(See _God, Religion_, etc.)

Preaching, a Christian blessing, 123.
Preexistence, 391.

Presbyterianism, in Scotland, 409.

Prescott, William, the Judge's mansion, 38.

Prescott, William Hicklin