VIII. It is diverfified by Episodes; the Qualities of

these.

IX. The Order must be artificial, not natural.
X. Narration, the principal Character of an Epick
Poem: the Qualities of a perfect Narration.
XI. Fiction ought to reign throughout the Narration,
and is, as 'twere, the Soul of it.

XII. The marvellous Part of the Fiction must be
prepared and tempered by the probable Part.

XIII. The Perfection of an Epick Poem confifts in

the Agreement and Proportion of its several

Parts.

XIV. This Proportion must be observed in smaller
Poems, especially in Panegyrick, or the Art of
Praifing well.

XV. A Cenfure of the ancient Epick Poets.

XVI. Of the Modern.

XVII. of Tragedy, its Character and End.

XVIII. It gives us Pleasure, by the Means of Ter

ror and Pity.

XIX. The Defign of Sophocles's Oedipus, as the

moft proper Subject for the Stage; the Effect of its

Acting.

XX. The Character of Tragedy among the Greeks,
was Terror and Pity; among us 'tis Gallantry
and Love: The Reafon of the Difference.

XXI. The particular Fault of modern Tragedy.

XXII. A Judgment upon the ancient Tragedians.

XXIII. Upon the Modern.

XXIV. of Comedy; what Ariftotle has obferv'd

upon the Subject.

XXV. The End of Comedy, and the Rules to be ob-

ferv'd in it.

XXVI. The best Writers of Comedy among the

Greeks and Latins.

XXVII. The Eclogue; its Genius and Character;
those who have fucceeded beft in it, whether Anci
ents or Moderns.

XXVIII. Satyr,

XXVIII. Satyr, its End; a Critick on the Suty
rifts.

XXIX. Elegy, its Character.

XXX. The Ode, its Spirit and Genius.
XXXI. The Epigram, its Beauty.

XXXII. Of the Madrigal, Sonnet, Ballad, and
other little Verfe, with their different Characters.
XXXIII. Refolutions of feveral Difficulties, as to the
general Practice of Verfe.
XXXIV. The Morals of a Poet.

Reflections upon Hiftory.

The Design of the Work.

"THE

HE Way of writing History; that it must
written nobly, fenfibly, purely,

fimply.

II. To write nobly, what; and the great Models

of it.

III. To write fenfibly, whence to be learnt.

IV. Of the Purity of Stile.

V. Of the Simplicity of Stile.

VI. The Matter of Hiftory: Its Qualities.

VII. The Form of Hiftory, and what is most effen-

tial to it.

VIII. The End of Hiftory, not to please, but to in-

ftruct.

IX. Truth the only Means by which an Hiftorian can

please.

X. Of the Hiftorical Stile.

XI. Whether the grave or the florid Stile moft pro-

per for Hiftory.

XII. Of Hiftorical Narration.

XIII. Tranfitions, the great Grace of Narration.

XIV. The Circumftances of a Narration.

XV. The

XV. The Motives.

XVI. The Figures proper for Hiftory.
XVII. The Pallions.

XVIII. The Defcriptions,
XIX. The Harangues.

XX. The Characters of Perfons.

XXI. The Reflections, and Sentiments.
XXII, The Digreffions.

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.

Of Philosophy in General.

I.THE_Praife of ancient Philofophy.

II. The Beginnings of Philofophy, among

Egyptians.

III. Among the Greeks.

IV. The Philofophy of Pythagoras.

the

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

and Capacity.

VIII. The different Adventures of Philosophy, af-

ter thefe hopeful Beginnings.

IX. The State of Philofophy at Rome, under the
Confular Government.

X. What Sort of Tafte the Romans had for thefe

Studies.

XI. The

X7. The philofophical Genius, that prevail'd under
Auguftus, declined under his Succeffors.

XII. Adrian, and the following Emperors, reviv'd
the Love of Philofophy.

XIII. The Credit of Pagan Philofophy, funk, up-
on the Birth of Christianity.

XIV. The Success of the first Chriftians in philofo-
phical Studies, and the Use they made of it.

XV. Revolution in Learning and Philofophy, made

by the Arabians.

XVI. The Origin of fcholaftick Philosophy, under
Thomas Acquinas.

XVII. The Rife of Cabaliftick Philofophy, under
the Chymifts.

XVIII. The Birth of Modern Philofophy.

XIX. Ancient and Modern Philofophy compared.

XX. The Refpect due to the Ancients.

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XXI. We are not to be Slaves to their Opinion, or to
yield an unreasonable Deference to their Authority.

XXII. Neither ought we to be too much wedded to our

own Opinion.

XXIII. We are to judge of Things according to their

different Degrees of Certainty.

XXIV. Univerfal Approbation an Argument of
Worth and Excellency.

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XXV. A Cenfure of thofe Authors who are ambitious

of Signalizing themselves by extraordinary Con-

ceptions.

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XXVI. The fervile or free, Difpofition of Enqui-
rers, the Cause of the different Sects in Philofophy.

XXVII. Philofophy ceases to be folid when it be

gins to be fubtile.

XXVIII. The Ill Ufe of Philofophy the Ruin of

many Wits.

XXIX. The Character of a true Philofopher, is to

know where to doubt with Difcretion.

XXX. The Extreams of Believing nothing and Be-

lieving All, dangerous in Philofophy......

XXXI. The

XXXI. The Fault of Prejudice and Prepoffeffion.

XXXII. Nothing more disgraceful to a Philofopher than the
Want of Sincerity.

XXXIII. The Use of philofophical Difputation: Its good and
ill Effects.

XXXIV. What Reformation to be made in Philofophy, as now
taught in the Schools.

I.

Reflections upon Philofophy in Particular.

Reflections upon Logick.

Τ

He Definition of Logick; and its Ufe.

Til. The Origin of Logick, and who its first 4-

thor.

II.

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

Understanding.

V. The Logick of Zeno, and the Stoicks, who refin'd upon

Ariftotle.

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.

VIII. The Faults of thofe modern Logicks that vary from

the Ariftotelian

Reflections upon Morality.

Oral Philofophy what; its Birth and Progrefs.
II. Socrates the Founder of it; an Account of bie

Morals.

III. The Morals of Plato.

IV. The Morals of Ariftotle.

V. The Morals of Zeno and the Stoicks,

VI. The Morals of Epicurus.

VII. Pagan Morality fecks for the fupreme Good, without
being able to find it.

VIII. No true Morality but in Chriftianity.

IX. Chriftian Morality introduc'd a general Change in the

World.

X. This Morality ineffectual to the greater Part of Chriftians,
by the Ill Ufe they make of its Inftructions.

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