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New Bridge-street, London.
OF THE PROFICIENCE AND ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING,
DIVINE AND HUMAN.
Public Obstacles to Learning considered,
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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. POESY, which flows from the
Imagination. III. PHILOSOPHY, which is the
Produce of Reasoning,
HISTORY divided into, 1. Natural. 2. Civil. ibid.
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Natural History is of three sorts, 1. The History
of Generations. 2. Of Preter-Generations. 3. Of
Arts,
Civil History divided into, 1. Memoirs. 2. Just
History. 3. Antiquities,
Just History divided into Chronicles, Lives, and
Narratives or Relations,
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History divided also into Annals and Journals, 85
History Ecclesiastical divided into, the History of
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the Church; the History of Prophecy; and the
History of Providence,
Appendices to History: Speeches, Letters, Apoph-
thegms,
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POETRY divided into, 1. Narrative. 2. Dramatical,
3. Parabolical,
PHILOSOPHY divided into three Branches, 1. Divine,
2. Natural. 3. Human,
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ibid.
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The Trunk of all, a Primitive or Summary Philo- sophy,
Divine Philosophy, or Natural Theology, relates to
the Being and Attributes of God; and the Nature
of Angels or Spirits,
Natural Philosophy, divided into Speculative and
Practical,
Speculative Philosophy, or natural Science, divided into Physics and Metaphysics,
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,
Metaphysics divided into, 1. The Doctrine of Forms. 2. The Doctrine of final Causes,
Mathematics divided into, 1. Pure. 2. Mixed, 108
Pure Mathematics divided into Geometry and Arith-
metic,
Mixed Mathematics divided into Perspective, Music,
Astronomy, Cosmography, Architecture, Engi-
nery, &c.
Practical Philosophy, or natural Prudence, divided
into Mechanics and Magic,
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Human Philosophy has two Parts, human and
civil,
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Human Doctrine divided into, 1. The Doctrine of the human body. 2. The Doctrine of the human Soul, 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,
Appendices to the Doctrine of the Soul. 1. Divina-
tion. 2. Fascination,
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The Doctrine of the Faculties of the Soul divided into, 1. Logics. 2. Ethics,
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,
Good divided into simple and compound; Private
Good, and the Good of Society,
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,
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SYLVA SYLVARUM; OR A NATURAL HISTORY,
IN TEN CENTURIES.
CENTURY I.
Or straining or percolation, outward and inward, 245
of flame, in the midst, and on the sides,
Of the appetite of continuation in liquids,
Of artificial springs,
Of the venomous quality of man's flesh,
Of turning air into water,
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Of helping or altering the shape of the body, 256
Of condensing of air, to yield weight or nourish-
ment,
Of flame and air commixed,
Of the secret nature of flame,
Of motion of gravity,
Of contraction of bodies in bulk,
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Of making vines more fruitful,
Of the several operations of purging medicines, 262
Of meats and drinks most nourishing,
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Of medicines applied in order,
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Of cure by custom,
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Of cure by excess,
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Of cure by motion of consent,
Of cure of diseases contrary to predisposition, 275
Of stanching blood,
Of change of aliments and medicines,
Of diets,
Of production of cold,
Of induration of bodies,
Of preying of air upon water,
Of the force of union,
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Of making feathers and hairs of divers colours, 287
Of nourishment of young creatures in the egg, or
womb,
Of sympathy and antipathy,
Of the spirits, or pneumaticals in bodies,
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