General Division of Lea.ning into History, Poetry, and Philosophy, in relation to the Three Faculties of the Mind, Memory, Imagination, History divided into Natural and Civil;-Civil subdivided into Fcle- siastical and Literary. The Division of Natural History, according to the Subject-matter, into the History of Generations, l'ræter-gene Second Division of Natural History, in relation to its Use and End, into Narrative and Inductive. The most important end of Natural His- tory is to aid in erecting a Body of Philosophy which appertains to Induction. Division of the History of Generations into the History of the Heavens, the History of Meteors, the History of the Earth and Sea, the History of Massive or Collective Bodies, and the History of CHAPTER V. The Dignity of Civil History and the Obstacles it has to encounter. CHAPTER VI. Division of Civil History into Memoirs, Antiquities, and Perfect History. CHAPTER VII. Division of Ferfect History into Chronicles, Biographies, and Relatiors The Development of their parts. CHAPTER VIII. Division of the History of Times into Universal and Particular. The Advantages and Disadvantages of both. CHAPTER IX. Second Division of the History of Times, into Annals and Journals. CHAPTER X. Second Division of Special Civil History into Pure and Mixed. CHAPTER XI. Ecclesiastical History divided into the General History of the Church, History of Prophecy, and History of Providence. CHAPTER XII. The Appendix of History embraces the Words of Men, as the Body of History includes their Exploits. Its Division into Speeches, Letters, and Apophthegms. CHAPTER XIII. The Second leading Branch of Learning-Poetry. Its Division into Narrative, Dramatic, and l'arabolic. Three Examples of the latter species detailed. BOOK IIL CHAPTER I. Division of Learning into Theology and Philosophy. The latter divided into the Knowledge of God, of Nature, and of Man. Construction of Philosophia Prima as the Mother of all the Sciences, CHAPTER II. Natural Theology with its Appendix, the Knowledge of Angels and Spirits. CHAPTER III, Natural Philosophy divided into Speculative and Practical. The Necessity of keeping these Two Branches distinct. CHAPTER IV. Division of the Speculative Branch of Natural Philosophy into Physics and Metaphysics. Physics relate to the Investigation of Efficient Causes and Matter; Metaphysics to that of Final Causes and the Form. Division of Physics into the Sciences of the Principles of Things, the Structure of Things, and the Variety of Things. Division of Physics in relation to the Variety of Things into Abstract and Concrete. Division of Concretes agrees with the Distribution of the Parts of Natural History. Division of Abstracts into the Doctrine of Material Forms and Motion. Appendix of Speculative Physics twofeld: viz., Natural Problems an1 the Opinions of Ancient Philo sophers. Metaphysics divided into the Knowledge of Forms and the Doctrine of Final Causes. CHAPTER V. Division of the Practical Branch of Natural Philosophy into Mechanics and Magic (Experimental Philosophy), which correspond to the Spe culative Division-Mechanics to Physics, and Magic to Metaphysics. The word Magic cleared from False Interpretation. Appendix to Active Science twofold: viz., an Inventory of Human Helps and a Catalogue of Things of Multifarious Use. CHAPTER VI. The Great Appendix of Natural Philosophy both Speculative and Practical. Mathematics. Its Proper Position not among the Substantial Sciences, but in their Appendix. Mathematics divided into Pure and Mixed. BOOK IV. CHAPTER I. Division of the Knowledge of Man into Human and Civil Philosophy. Human Philosophy divided into the Doctrine of the Body and Soul. The Construction of one General Science, including the Nature and State of Man. The latter divided into the Doctrine of the Human Person and the Connection of the Soul with the Body. Division of the Doctrine of the Persou of Man into that of his Miseries and Prerogatives. Division of the Relations between the Soul and the Body into the Doctrines of Indications and Impressions. Physiognomy and the Interpretation of Dreams assigned to the Doctrine of Indications. CHAPTER II. Division of the Knowledge of the Human Body into the Medicinal, Cosmetic, Athletic and the Voluptuary Arts. Division of Medicine into Three Functions: viz., the Preservation of Health, the Cure of Diseases, and the Prolongation of Life. The last distinct from the two former. CHAPTER III. Division of the Doctrine of the Human Soul into that of the Inspired Essence and the Knowledge of the Sensible or Produced Boul. Second Division of the same philosophy into the Doctrine of the Substance and the Faculties of the Soul. The Use and Objects of the latter. Two Appendices to the Doctrine of the Faculties of the Soul: viz., Natural Divination and Fascination (Mesmerism). The Faculties of the Sensible Soul divided into those of Motion and Sense. BOOK V. CHAPTER L Division of the Use and Objects of the Faculties of the Soul into Logie and Ethics. Division of Logic into the Arts of Invention, Judg. ment, Memory, and Tradition. CHAPTER II. Division of Invention into the Invention of Arts and Arguments. The former, though the more important of them, is wanting. Division of the Invention of Arts into Literate (Instructed) Experience and a New Method (Novum Organum). An Illustration of Literate Experience. CHAPTER III. Division of the Invention of Arguments into Promptuary, or Places of Preparation, and Topical, or Places of Suggestion. The Division of Topics into General and Particular. An Example of Particular Topics afforded by an Inquiry into the Nature of the Qualities of Light and Heavy. CHAPTER IV. The Art of Judgment divided into Induction and the Syllogism. - Induotion developed in the Novuin Organum. The Syllogismu divided into Direct and Inverse Reduction. Inverse Reduction divided into the Doctrine of Analytics and Confutations. The Division of the latter into Confutations of Sophisms, the Unmasking of Vulgarisms (Equi vocal Terms), and the Destruction of Delusive Images or Idols. Delusive Appearances divided into Idola Tribās, Idola Specâs, and Idola Fori. Appendix to the Art of Judgment. The Adapting the Demonstration to the Nature of the Subject. CHAPTER V. Division of the Retentive Art into the Aids of the Memory and the Nature of the Memory itself. Division of the Doctrine of Memory into Prenotion and Eniblem. BOOK VL CHAPTER I. Division of Tradition into the Doctrine of the Organ, the Method and the Illustration of Speech. The Organ of Speech divided into the Knowledge of the Marks of Things, of Speaking, and Writing. The two last comprise the two Branches of Grammar. The Marks of Things divided into Hieroglyphics and Real Characters, Grammar again divided into Literary and Philosophical. Prosody referred to the Doctrine of Speech and Ciphers to the Departinent of Writing. CHAPTER II. Method of Speech includes a Wide Part of Tradition. Styled the Wisdom of Delivery. Various kinds of Methods enumerated. Their respective Merits. CHAPTER III. The Grounds and Functions of Rhetoric. Three Appendices which belong only to the Preparatory Part, viz., the Colours of Good and Evil, both simple and composed; the Antithesis of Things (the pro and con. of General Questions); the Minor Forms of Speech (the Elaboration of Exordiums, Perorations, and Leading Arguments). CHAPTER IV. Two General Appendices to Tradition, viz., the Arts of Teaching and Criticism. BOOK VIL CHAPTER I. Ethics divided into the Doctrine of Models and the Georgics (Culture) of the Mind. Division of Models into the Absolute and Comparativ a Good. Absolute Good divided into Personal and National. CHAPTER II. Division of Individual Good into Active and Passive. That of Passive Good into Conservative and Perfective. Good of the Cominonwealth divided into General and Respective. CHAPTER III. The Culture of the Mind divided into the Knowledge of Characteristie Differences of Affections, of Remedies and Cures. Appendix relating to the Harmony between the Pleasures of the Mind and the Body. |