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Professor Carpenter spoke first of the theory of Pythagoras, who believed that souls existed separately in the air, and that bodily life was a fall from a diviner height; that after the soul had been purified in hades it returned again to its former divine life. Plato, he said, taught in his philosophy that true life was a continual ascent, and that beyond the grave there was a world where purity and truth were not hampered by human incompleteness. In spite of metaphysical difficulties Plato found clear answers for ethics and religion...
Passing on to the Stoics, the professor spoke of the doctrines of Caesar, who held the view that there was no eternal life, and of Cato and Cicero, both of whom agreed with the views of Caesar. Marcus Aurelius was a more cautious stoic, never directly offering any view upon immortality. The influence which these men held upon Roman thought was very great. The conflicting tendencies of the religion of the second century were mentioned. The hopeless cynicism of Pliny was contrasted with the faith of Vergil, who had a deep consciousness of the ethical demand for retribution...
Besides the successful candidates, the following men spoke: S. H. Foster L. S., F. W. Grinnell '95, N. P. Dodge L. S., W. M. Trotter '95, W. J. Peacock L. S., C. N. Lathrop '96, S. E. Johnson '95, C. N. Goodwin L. S., P. E. McKillip L. S., G. R. Jenkins L. S., H. E. Addison '96, H. F. Knight '96, S. P. Delaney '96, W. S. Youngman '95, R. C. Thomas '96, J. P. Warren '96, D. King '95, E. C. Roche L. S., F. von Briesen '95, J. P. Gately Sp., E. S. Page...
...interesting meeting of the Mermaid Club was held last night. Professor Bocher addressed the members on the subject of the French drama. He spoke of Le Theatre Liore and of Symbolism, giving especial attention to Maeterlinck under the latter head...
Professor J. Estlin Carpenter spoke last night before the Religious Union on liberal thought in English theology...