VIII. It is diversified by Episodes; the Qualities of

these.

IX. The Order must be artificial, not natural.
X. Narration, the principal Chara&ter of an Epick

Poem : the Qualities of a perfect Narration.
XI. Fi&tion ought to reign throughout the Narration,

and is, as 'twere, the Soul of it.
X!I. The marvellous Part of the Fiation 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

Praising well.

XV. A Censure 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 Design of Sophocles's Oedipus, as the

most proper Subject for the Stage; the Effect of its

At ing.

XX. The Character of Tragedy among the Greeks,

was Terror and Pity; among us 'tis Gallantry

and Love: The Reason 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 Aristotle has observa

upon the Subject.

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

serv’d in it.

XXVI. The best Writers of Comedy among the

Greeks and Latins.

XXVII. The Eclogue ;, its Genius and Character ;

those who have succeeded beft in it, whether Ancir

ents or Moderns.

XXVIII. Satyr,

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

rists.
XXIX. Elegy, its Chara&ter.
XXX. The Ode, its Spirit and Genius.
XXXI. The Epigram, its Beauty.
XXXII. Of the Madrigal, Sonnet, Ballad, and

other little Verse, with their different Characters.
XXXIII. Resolutions of several Difficulties, as to the

general Practice of Verse.
XXXIV. The Morals of a Poet.

Reflections upon History.

!TH.

The Design of the Work.

HE Way of writing History; that it must

be written nobiy, sensibly, purely,
simply

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

of it.

III. To write sensibly, whence to be learnt.

IV. Of the Purity of Stile.

V. Of the Simplicity of Stile.

VI. The Matter of History: Its Qualities.

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

tial to it,

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

struct.

IX. Truth the only Means by which an Historian can

please.

X. Of the Historical Stile.

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

per for History.

XII. Of Historical Narration.

XII. Transitions, the great Grace of Narration.

XIV. The Circumstances of a Narration.

XV. The

XV. The Motives.

XVI. The Figures proper for History.
XVII. The Passions.

XVill. The Descriptions,

XIX. The Harangues.

XX. The Characters of Perfons.

XXI. The Reflections, and Sentiments.

XXII, The Digressions.

XXIII. The Eloquence proper to Hiftory.

XXIV. Other historical Beauties.

XXy. What Kind of Sentiments ought to reign in

History

XXVÍ. The true Genius of an Historiana
XXVII. The Morals of an Historian.

XXVIII. A Critick on the ancient and modern

Historians.

Reflections upon Philofophy.

Of Philosophy in General.

HE Praife of ancient Philosophy.

II. The Beginnings of Philosophy, among the
Egyptians.

HI. Among the Greeks.

IV. The Philosophy of Pythagoras.

V. What Character and Disposition of Mind Socra-

tes brought to the Study of Philosophy.
V4. Plato's Character and Method.

VII. Aristotle's Character, the Extent of his Genius

VIIL. The different Adventures of Philosophy, af-

ter these hopeful Beginnings.

IX. The State of Philosophy at Rome, under the

Consular Government.

X. What sort of Taste the Romans had for these
Studies.

XI. The

and Capacity

X7. The philosophical Genius, that prevaild under

Augustus, declined under his Succeffors.
XII. Adrian, and the following Emperors, reviv'd

the Love of Philosophy.
XIII. The Credit of Pagan Philosophy, sunk, up-

on the Birth of Christianity.
XIV. The Success of the first Christians in philofo-

phical Studies, and the Use they made of it.

XV. Revolution in Learning and Philosophy, made

by the Arabians.

XVI. The Origin of fcholaftick Philosophy, under

Thomas Acquinas.
XVII. The Rise of Cabalistick Philofophy, under

the Chymists.

XVIII, The Birth of Modern Philofophy.

XIX. Ancient and Modern Philosophy compared.

XX. The Respect due to the Ancients.
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.

XXlll. We are to judge of Things according to their

different Degrees of Certainty:

XXIV. Universal Approbation an Argument of

Worth and Excellency.

XXV. A Censure of those Authors who are ambitionis

of Signalizing themselves by extraordinary Con-

ceptions.

XXVI. The servile or free, Disposition of Enqui-

rers, the Cause of the different Seets in Philofopby.

XXVII

. Philosophy ceases to be folid when it be-

gins to be subtile.

XXVIII. The Ill Use of Philosophy the Ruin of

XXIX.' The Character of a true Philosopher, is to

XXXI. The Fault of Prejudice and Preposseffion.
XXXII. Notbing more disgraceful to a Pbilosopber than the

Want of Sincerity.
XXXIII. The use of philosophical Disputation : Its good and

il Effe&s.
XXXIV. What Reformation to be made in Philofopby, us now

taught in the Schools,

1.

Reflections upon Philosophy in Particular.

Reflections upon Logick.

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He Definition of Logick; and its use.

II: The Origin of Logick, and who its first, Alko

tbor,

III. Tbe Progress of Logick, under Plató.

IV. Ariftotletbe great founder of Logick, by bio Conftrudia

on of Syllogism, one of the nobleft Works of Human

Understanding.

V. Tbe Logick of Zeno, and tbe Stoicks, who refind upon

Ariftotle.

VI. The Logick of Epicurus, and bis Principles of Reason. .

VII. The several Advantages of Ariftotle's Logick, and the

vain Attempts to alter or improve it.

Vill. The Faults of those modern Logicks that vary from

the Ariftotelian

Reflections upon Morality.

I, Oral Philofopby what; its Birth and Progress.

II. Socrates the Founder of it; an Account of bio

Morelsi

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 secks for the fupreme Good, without

being able to find it.

VIII. No true Morality but in Chriftianity.

IX. Christian Morality, introduc'd a general. Cbange in the

World.

X. This Morality ineffe&ual to the greater. Pars of Chriftians,

by rke 10 use ibey make of its Inftru&tions.

Refle.