ANALYSIS. BOOK I. OF THE EXCELLENCY OF LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE. 1. The excellency of learning and knowledge. The treatise in two parts 2. What has been done for the advancement of learning, with the defects of the same. 1. The zeal and jealousy of divines (i. 2, 3). 2. The severity and arrogancy of politicians (it. I-9). 3. The errors and imperfections of learned men, from their fortune, manners, or the nature of their studies (iii. 1-10). Errors and vanities in the studies themselves (iv. 1—12) Peccant humours (v. 1-12), which are 1. Fantastical learning (iv. 8-12). 2. Contentious learning (iv. 5-7). 1. Affectation of antiquity and novelty (v. 1). 2. Distrust of new discoveries (v. 2). 3. Conceit that the best opinions prevail (v. 3). 4. Premature reduction of knowledge to arts and methods (v. 4). 5. Neglect of universality or philosophia prima (v. 5). 6. Too great reverence for the intellect (v. 6). 7. Mixture of knowledge with men's inclinations (v. 7). 8. Impatience of doubt (v. 8). 9. Dogmatic delivery of knowledge (v. 9). 10. Aim which men propound to themselves (v. 11). II. Mistaking of the end of knowledge (v. 11). The contemplative life of Adam (6), and Abel (7). The inventors of arts (8). The learning of Moses (9), Job (10), Solomon (11), Christ (12), the Apostles (13), the Fathers (14), the Jesuits (15). Supreme honours paid to inventors of arts (vii. 1). Juman proofs (vii, viii) from the Influence of learning upon The intercourse of man and man (vii. 2). In peace; e. g. the Roman Emperors (vii. 4-9), Q. Elizabeth (vii. 10). States under learned princes Immortality (viii. 6). Xenophon (vii. 30). [To face Page 1.} |