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INTRODUCTORY ESSAY

• vi Philosophy divided into three branches, 1. Divine. 2. Natural. 3. Human

33 The trunk of all, a primitive or summary PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS.

philosophy OF THE PROFICIENCE AND ADVANCEMENT OF LEARN- Divine philosophy, or natural theology, relates ING, DIVINE AND MORAL.

to the being and attributes of God; and the nature of angels or spirits

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Natural philosophy, divided into speculative The objections against learning considered 2 and practical

34 The objections of divines

2 Speculative philosophy, or natural science, The objections of politicians 4 divided into physics and metaphysics

35 Objections drawn from the fortune, manners, Physics divided into, 1. The doctrine of the prinor studies of learned men

6 ciples of things. 2. The doctrine of the The diseases of learning

8 formation of things, or the world. 3. The The dignity of learning shown

13 doctrine concerning the variety of things 36

Metaphysics divided into, 1. The doctrine of forms. 2. The doctrine of final causes

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Mathematics divided into, 1. Pure. 2. Mixed 38 Public obstacles to learning considered 23 Pure mathematics divided into geometry and The distribution of knowledge into particular arithmetic

38 sciences

27 Mixed mathematics divided into perspective, Knowledge divided, according to man's three music, astronomy, cosmography, architecprincipal faculties, into, I. HISTORY, which

ture, enginery, &c.

38 relates to memory. II. Poesy, which flows

Practical philosophy, or natural prudence, from the imagination. III. PHILOSOPHY, divided into experimental, philosophical, and which is the produce of reasoning 27 magical

38 HISTORY divided into, 1. Natural. 2. Civil.

Human philosophy has two parts, human and 3. Ecclesiastical. 4. Literary

28 civil Natural history is of three sorts, 1. The his- Human doctrine divided into, 1. The doctrine

tory of generations. 2. Of preter-genera- of the human body. 2. The doctrine of the
tions. 3. Of arts
28 human mind

40 Civil history divided into, 1. Memoirs. 2. Just The doctrine of the union of soul and body history. 3. Antiquities

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divided into, 1. The doctrine of notices. Just history divided into chronicles, lives, and 2. The doctrine of impression

41 narratives or relations

29 The doctrine of the human body divided into, History divided also into annals and journals 31 1. Medicine. 2. Cosmetics. 3. Athletics. History ecclesiastical, divided into the history 4. Arts of elegance

41 of the church; the history of prophecy; The doctrine of the human mind divided into, and the history of providence

1. The doctrine of the nature of the mind Appendices to history : speeches, letters, or soul. 2. The doctrine of the faculties of apophthegms 32 the soul

44 Poetry divided into, I. Narrative. 2. Drama- Appendices to the doctrine of the soul. 1. Ditical. 3. Parabolical 32 vination. 2. Fascination

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INTRODUCTORY Essay

vi Philosophy divided into three branches, 1. Divine. 2. Natural. 3. Human

33 The trunk of all, a primitive or summary PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS. philosophy

33 OF THE PROFICIENCE AND ADVANCEMENT OF LEARN- Divine philosophy, or natural theology, relates ING, DIVINE AND MORAL.

to the being and attributes of God; and the nature of angels or spirits

34 BOOK 1.

Natural philosophy, divided into speculative

2 The objections against learning considered

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and practical The objections of divines

2 Speculative philosophy, or natural science, The objections of politicians 4 divided into physics and metaphysics

35 Objections drawn from the fortune, manners, Physics divided into, 1. The doctrine of the prinor studies of learned men

6 ciples of things. 2. The doctrine of the The diseases of learning

8

The The dignity of learning shown

36 Metaphysics divided into, 1. The doctrine of forms. 2. The doctrine of final causes

36 BOOK II.

Mathematics divided into, 1. Pure. 2. Mixed Public obstacles to learning considered 23 Pure mathematics divided into geometry and The distribution of knowledge into particular arithmetic

38 sciences

27 Mixed mathematics divided into perspective, Knowledge divided, according to man's three

music, astronomy, cosmography, architecprincipal faculties, into, I. History, which ture, enginery, &c.

38 relates to memory. II. Poesy, which flows Practical philosophy, or natural prudence, from the imagination. III. PHILOSOPHY, divided into experimental, philosophical, and which is the produce of reasoning 27 magical

38 HISTORY divided into, 1. Natural. 2. Civil.

Human philosophy has two parts, human and 3. Ecclesiastical. 4. Literary 28 civil

40 Natural history is of three sorts, 1. The his- Human doctrine divided into, 1. The doctrine

tory of generations. 2. Of preter-genera- of the human body. 2. The doctrine of the
tions. 3. Of arts
28 human mind

40 Civil history divided into, 1. Memoirs. 2. Just The doctrine of the union of soul and body history. 3. Antiquities

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divided into, 1. The doctrine of notices. Just history divided into chronicles, lives, and 2. The doctrine of impression

41 narratives or relations

29 The doctrine of the human body divided into, History divided also into annals and journals 31 ). Medicine. 2. Cosmetics. 3. Athletics. History ecclesiastical, divided into the history 4. Arts of elegance

41 of the church; the history of prophecy; The doctrine of the human mind divided into, and the history of providence

31 1. The doctrine of the nature of the mind Appendices to history : speeches, letters, or soul. 2. The doctrine of the faculties of apophthegms 32 the soul

44 POETRY divided into, 1. Narrative. 2. Drama- Appendices to the doctrine of the soul. 1. Ditical. 3. Parabolical

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CENTURY II.

The doctrine of the faculties of the soul divided Of the spirits, or pneumaticals in bodies · 97

into, 1. Logics. 2. Ethics.

· 46 Of the power of heat

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The intellectual arts are four, 1. The art of in- Of impossibility of annihilation

989

quiry or invention. 2. The art of examination.

3. The art of custody or memory. 4. The art

of elocution or tradition

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Ethics divided into, 1. The doctrine of the image Of music

98

of good. 2. The georgics or cultivation of the Of the nullity and entity of sounds

100

mind

57 | Of production, conservation, and delation of

Good divided into simple and compound; Pri- sounds

101

vate good, and the good of society

57 Of magnitude, exility, and damps of sounds 103

The cultivation of the mind regards, 1. Different Of loudness and softness of sounds

105

dispositions. 2. Affections. 3. Remedies 61 Of communication of sounds

105

Civil doctrine divided into three kinds of doc- Of equality and inequality of sounds

105

trine or prudence. 1. Prudence in conversa- Of more treble and base tones

. 106

tion. 2. Prudence in business. 3. Prudence Of proportion of treble and base

107

in government

65 Of exterior and interior sounds

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Of articulation of sounds

108

SYLVA SYLVARUM; OR A NATURAL HISTORY, IN TEN

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Of the lines in which sounds move

109

Of the lasting and perishing of sounds

109

Of straining or percolation, outward and inward 82 of the passage in interception of sounds 110

Of motion upon pressure

83 Of the medium of sounds

110

Of separations of bodies liquid, by weight. 84 of the figures of bodies yielding sounds 110

Of infusions, in water and air

84 Of mixture of sounds

111

Of the appetite of continuation in liquids 85 Of melioration of sounds

111

Of artificial springs

85 Of imitation of sounds

112

Of the venomous quality of man's flesh

85 Of reflection of sounds

113

Of turning air into water

85 Of consent aud dissent between audibles and

Of helping or altering the shape of the body 86 visibles

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Of condensing of air to yield weight or nourish- Of sympathy and antipathy of sounds

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ment

86 Of hindering or helping of hearing

116

Of flame and air commixed

86 Of the spiritual and fine nature of sounds

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Of the secret nature of flame

87 Of orient colours in dissolutions of metals 117

Of flame, in the midst, and on the sides 87 Of prolongation of life

117

Of motion of gravity

87 Of the appetite of union in bodies

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Of contraction of bodies in bulk

88 Of the like operations of heat and time

117

Of making vines more fruitful

88 Of the differing operations of fire and time 117

Of the several operations of purging medicines 88 Of motions by imitation

118

Of meats and drinks most nourishing

89 Of infectious diseases

118

Of medicines applied in order

91 Of the incorporation of powders and liquors 118

Of cure by custom

92 Of exercise of the body, and the benefits or evils

Of cure by excess

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thereof

118

Of cure by motion of consent

92 Of meats soon glutting, or not glutting

118

Of cure of diseases contrary to predisposition 92
Of preparation before and after purging

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Of stanching blood

92
Of change of aliments and medicines

93 Of clarification of liquors, and the acceleration

Of diets

93 thereof

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Of production of cold

93 Of maturation, and the accelerating thereof; and

Of turning air into water

94 of the maturation of drinks and fruits

120

Of induration of bodies

95 of making gold

121

Of preying of air upon water

96 Of the several natures of gold

122

Of the force of union

96 Of inducing and accelerating putrefaction 122

Of making feathers and hairs of divers colours 96 of prohibiting and preventing putrefaction 123

Of nourishment of young creatures in the egg, Of rotten wood shining

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or womb

96 Of acceleration of birth.

124

Of sympathy and antipathy

96 Of acceleration of growth and stature

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