Inlustrium virorum feminarumque coetum frequentem egerat, maxime intentus Demetrio Cynicae institutionis doctori, cum quo, ut coniectare erat intentione vultus et auditis, si qua clarius proloquebantur, de natura animae et dissociatione spiritus corporisque inquirebat, donec advenit Domitius Caecilianus ex intimis amicis et ei quid senatus censuisset exposuit.
He had brought together a large party of distinguished men and women, his chief attention being given to Demetrius, a master of the Cynic creed; with whom'to judge from his serious looks and the few words which caught the ear, when they chanced to raise their voices'he was debating the nature of the soul and the divorce of spirit and body. At last, Domitius Caecilianus, an intimate friend, arrived, and informed him of the decision reached by the senate.
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