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CONTENTS

OF THE

FIRST VOLUME.

PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS.

OF THE PROFICIENCE AND ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING,

DIVINE AND HUMAN.

BOOK I.

The Objections against Learning considered,

Page 6

The Objections of Divines,

ibid.

The Objections of Politicians,

11

Objections drawn from the Fortune, Manners, or

Studies of Learned Men,

18

The Diseases of Learning,

26

The Dignity of Learning shewn,

40

76

BOOK II.

Public Obstacles to Learning considered, 69

The Distribution of Knowledge into particular

Sciences,

Knowledge divided, according to Man's three prin-

cipal Faculties, into, I. HISTORY, which relates

to Memory. II. PESY, which flows from the

Imagination. III. PHILOSOPHY, which is the

Produce of Reasoning,

76

HISTORY divided into, i. Natural. 2. Civil. ibid,

80

81

Natural History is of three sorts, 1. The History

of Generations. 2. Of Preter-Generations. 3. Of

Arts,

77

Civil History divided into, 1. Memoirs. 2. Just

History. 3. Antiquities,

Just History divided into Chronicles, Lives, and

Narratives or Relations,

History divided also into Annals and Journals, 85

History Ecclesiastical divided into, the History of

the Church; the History of Prophecy; and the

History of Providence,

87

Appendices to History: Speeches, Letters, Apoph-

thegms,

88

POETRY divided into, 1. Narrative. 2. Dramatical,

3. Parabolical,

91

PHILOSOPHY divided into three Branches, 1. Divine,

2. Natural. 3. Human,

93

The Trunk of all, a Primitive or Summary Philo-
sophy,

ibid.

Divine Philosophy, or Natural Theology, relates to

the Being and Attributes of God; and the Nature

of Angels or Spirits,

96

Natural Philosophy, divided into Speculative and

Practical,

98

Speculative Philosophy, or natural Science, divided
into Physics and Metaphysics,

ibid.

Physics divided into, 1. The Doctrine of the Prin-

ciples of Things. 2. The Doctrine of the Formation

of Things, or the World. 3. The Doctrine con-

cerning the Variety of Things,

102

Metaphysics divided into, 1. The Doctrine of Forms.
2. The Doctrine of final Causes,

ibid.

Mathematics divided into, 1. Pure. 2. Mired, 108

Pure Mathematics divided into Geometry and Arith-

metic,

ibid.

Mixed Mathematics divided into Perspective, Music,

Astronomy, Cosmography, Architecture, Engi-

,

ibid.

Practical Philosophy, or natural Prudence, divided

into Mechanics and Magic,

109

Human Philosophy has two Parts, human and

civil,

115

Human Doctrine divided into, 1. The Doctrine of

the human body. 2. The Doctrine of the human

Soul,

ibid.

The Doctrine of the Union of Soul and Body

divided into, 1. The Doctrine of Notices. 2. The

Doctrine of Impression,

ibid.

The Doctrine of the Human Body divided into,

1. Medicine. 2. Cosmetics. 3. Athletics

. - 4. Arts

of Elegance,

118

The Doctrine of the Human Soul divided into,

1. The Doctrine of the Nature of the Soul. 2. The

Doctrine of the Faculties of the Soul, 127

Appendices to the Doctrine of the Soul. 1. Divina-

tion. 2. Fascination,

127, 129

The Doctrine of the Faculties of the Soul divided

into, 1. Logics. 2. Ethics, / 130, 131

The intellectual Arts are four, 1. The Art of

Inquiry or Invention. 2. The Art of Examina-

tion. 3. The Art of Custody or Memory. '4. The

Art of Elocution or Tradition,

131, 132

Ethics divided into, 1. The Doctrine of the Image

of Good. 2. The Georgics or Cultivation of the

Mind,

164

Good divided into simple and compound; Private

Good, and the Good of Society,

166

The Cultivation of the Mind regards, 1. Different

Dispositions. 2. Affections. 3. Remedies, 177, 192

Civil Doctrine divided into three Kinds of Doctrine

or Prudence. 1. Prudence in Conversation.'

2. Prudence in Business. 3. Prudence in Go-

vernment,

it

ibid.

SYLVA SYLVARUM; OR A NATURAL HISTORY,

IN TEN CENTURIES.

CENTURY I.

Op straining or percolation, outward and inward, 245

Of motion upon pressure,

247

Of separations of bodies liquid, by weight; 1. 249

Öf infusions, in water and air,

: 250

vi

258
259

Of the appetite of continuation in liquids, 25$

Of artificial springs,

254

Of the venomous quality of man's flesh, ibid.

Of turning air into water,

255

Of helping or altering the shape of the body, 256

Of condensing of air, to yield weight or nourish-

ment,

257

Of flame and air commixed,

Of the secret nature of flame,

Of fame, in the midst, and on the sides, 260

of motion of gravity,

ibid.

Of contraction of bodies in bulk,

261

Of making vines more fruitful,

ibid.

Of the several operations of purging medicines, 262

Of meats and drinks most nourishing,

266

Of medicines applied in order,

272

Of cure by custom,

273

Of cure by excess,

274

Of cure by motion of consent,

ibid.

Of cure of diseases contrary to predisposition, 275

Of preparation before and after purging,

Of stanching blood,

276

Of change of aliments and medicines,

277

Of diets,

ibid.

Of production of cold,

ibid.

Of turning, air into water,

280

Of induration of bodies,

282

Of preying of air upon water,

286

of the force

of union,

ibid.

Of making feathers and hairs of divers colours, 287

Of nourishment of young creatures in the egg, or

womb,

288

Of sympathy and antipathy,

ibid.

the spirits, or pneumaticals in bodies, 289

Of the power of heat,

Of impossibility of annihilation,

293

ibid.

291

CENTURY II. -

Of music,

294

Of the nullity and entity of sounds,

299

Of production, conservation, and delation of

sounds,

308