Rome, i. 246.

Antisthenes, founder of the Cynical School, i. 149.

Antonina, wife of Belisarius, her cruel treatment of Sylverius, i. 354.

Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius, Emperor, his acknowledgments to
Epictetus, i. 259.

Antonio de Dominis, outrage on the body of, ii. 225.

Apennines, upheaval of, i. 31.

Apocalypse, comments on, ii. 78.

Apollonius Pergaeus, the writings of, i. 201.
His geometry underrated by Patristicism, i. 316.

Apollonius of Tyana aids in the introduction of Orientalism, i. 210.
Wonders related of, ii. 115.

Aquinas, Thomas, a Dominican, the rival of Duns Scotus, ii. 14.
Sojourns with Albertus Magnus, ii. 116.

Arabian influence, importance of, i. 383.
Sorcery, i. 390.
School system, ii. 36.
Practical science, ii. 38.
Medicine and surgery, ii. 39.
Astronomy, ii. 41.
Practical art, ii. 43.
Commerce, ii. 43.
Numerals, ii. 49.

Arabs cultivate learning, i. 335.
Rapidity of their intellectual development, i. 336.
Invade Spain, ii. 28.

Arabs, civilization and refinement of Spanish, ii. 30.
Introduce the manufacture of cotton into Europe, ii. 386.
Invent cotton paper, and the printing of calico by wooden
blocks, ii. 386.

Arantius, a distinguished anatomist, ii. 284.

Arcesilaus, founder of the Middle Academy, i. 169.

Archimedes, the writings of, i. 194.
His mechanical inventions held in contempt by Patristicism, i. 316.

Arctinus, his poems held in veneration, i. 51.

Arddha Chiddi, the founder of Buddhism, life of, i. 66.

Argonautic voyage, object of, i. 41.
Its real nature, i. 45.

Ariminium, Council of, i. 289.

Aristarchus attempts to ascertain the sun's distance, i. 199.

Aristippus, the founder of the Cyrenaic School, i. 149.

Aristotle keeps a druggist's shop in Athens, i. 129, 397.
Biography of, i. 176.
His works translated into Arabic, i. 402.

Aristotelism compared with Platonism i. 177.

Arithmetic, Indian, ii. 40.

Arius, his heresy, i. 285.
His death, i. 288.
Political results of his heresy, i. 326.

Arnold of Brescia, murder of, ii. 25.

Arnold de Villa Nova, biographical sketch of, ii. 130.

Art, Black, i. 404.

Artesian Wells, ii. 301.

Articulata, anatomy of, ii. 350.

Asclepions, effect of the destruction of, i. 387.
Nature and organization of, i. 396.

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