VIII. It is diverfified by Episodes; the Qualities of IX. The Order must be artificial, not natural. XII. The marvellous Part of the Fiction must be XIV. This Proportion must be observed in smaller XV. A Cenfure of the ancient Epick Poets. XVII. of Tragedy, its Character and End. XVIII. It gives us Pleasure, by the Means of Ter XIX. The Defign of Sophocles's Oedipus, as the moft proper Subject for the Stage; the Effect of its XX. The Character of Tragedy among the Greeks, XXI. The particular Fault of modern Tragedy. XXII. A Judgment upon the ancient Tragedians. XXIV. of Comedy; what Ariftotle has obferv'd XXVII. The Eclogue; its Genius and Character; XXVIII. Satyr, XXVIII. Satyr, its End; a Critick on the Suty XXIX. Elegy, its Character. XXX. The Ode, its Spirit and Genius. XXXII. Of the Madrigal, Sonnet, Ballad, and Reflections upon Hiftory. The Design of the Work. "THE HE Way of writing History; that it must fimply. II. To write nobly, what; and the great Models III. To write fenfibly, whence to be learnt. V. Of the Simplicity of Stile. VIII. The End of Hiftory, not to please, but to in- XV. The Motives. XVI. The Figures proper for Hiftory. XVIII. The Defcriptions, XX. The Characters of Perfons. XXI. The Reflections, and Sentiments. XXIII. The Eloquence proper to Hiftory. XXIV. Other hiftorical Beauties. XXV. What Kind of Sentiments ought to reign in Hiftory. XXVI. The true Genius of an Hiftorian. XXVII. The Morals of an Hiftorian. XXVIII. A Critick on the ancient and modern Hiftorians. Reflections upon Philofophy. V. What Character and Difpofition of Mind Socra- tes brought to the Study of Philofophy. VI. Plato's Character and Method. VII. Aristotle's Character, the Extent of his Genius VIII. The different Adventures of Philosophy, af- IX. The State of Philofophy at Rome, under the X7. The philofophical Genius, that prevail'd under XII. Adrian, and the following Emperors, reviv'd XIII. The Credit of Pagan Philofophy, funk, up- XIV. The Success of the first Chriftians in philofo- XV. Revolution in Learning and Philofophy, made XVI. The Origin of fcholaftick Philosophy, under XVII. The Rife of Cabaliftick Philofophy, under XVIII. The Birth of Modern Philofophy. XIX. Ancient and Modern Philofophy compared. XX. The Refpect due to the Ancients. XXI. We are not to be Slaves to their Opinion, or to XXII. Neither ought we to be too much wedded to our XXIII. We are to judge of Things according to their different Degrees of Certainty. XXIV. Univerfal Approbation an Argument of 3 ་ XXVI. The fervile or free, Difpofition of Enqui- XXVII. Philofophy ceases to be folid when it be XXVIII. The Ill Ufe of Philofophy the Ruin of XXIX. The Character of a true Philofopher, is to know where to doubt with Difcretion. XXX. The Extreams of Believing nothing and Be- XXXI. The Fault of Prejudice and Prepoffeffion. XXXII. Nothing more disgraceful to a Philofopher than the XXXIII. The Use of philofophical Difputation: Its good and XXXIV. What Reformation to be made in Philofophy, as now III. The Progrefs of Logick, under Plato. IV. Ariftotle the great Founder of Logick, by bis Conftru&i- on of Syllogifm, one of the nobleft Works of Human V. The Logick of Zeno, and the Stoicks, who refin'd upon VI. The Logick of Epicurus, and his Principles of Reafon. VII. The Jeveral Advantages of Ariftotle's Logick, and the vain Attempts to alter or improve it. Oral Philofophy what; its Birth and Progrefs. VII. Pagan Morality fecks for the fupreme Good, without X. This Morality ineffectual to the greater Part of Chriftians, Refle |