CONTENTS. 



CHAP. XIV. 



The Author's Apology for Infifting fo much upon the Degeneracy of Men in later 



Times. This muft give great Offence to Y anhy. — ObJe^ion, that this difcourages 



IMen from the Service of their Country. — Jnfwer, it is the Duty of every Man to 

 prevent, or delay, as long as poffible, the Fall of the State of which he is a Mem- 

 ber. It is an Advantage that the Rulers (hould know the Degenerate Scate of a 



Nation.— An Example of this from the Hiftory of Athens. — Another Example in 

 the Cafe of theConftantinopolitan Emperors. — The Degeneracy of a Nation begins 

 .with the better Sort. — Thefe become incapable of difcharging the great Offices of 

 State.— Other Men, from other Nations, muft be employed in fuch a Cafe.— 

 Examples of this from theConftantinopolitan Hiftory. — Some Methods fhould be 

 attempted of a better Education of our Nobility and Gentry. — A noble Example of 

 this kind in Ruflia. — The Vanity of a Nation, fuch as the Romans, flattering them- 

 felvcs with the Eternity of their Empire. — Advantages that Men in private Life may. 

 leap from fuch Speculations. Page 271- 



APPENDIX. 



CONTAINING 



I 



I. Confirmations and Illuflrations of what has been faid in the pre- 

 ceding Volumes upon the Subject of the Principles of Sir Ifaac 

 Newton's Aftronomy. 



II. An Inquiry into the Principle of the Motion of Bodies Un- 

 organized. 



III. The Difference between Mari and Bn/U further illuftrated and' 

 explained, with additional Fads and Obfervations concerning the 

 Oran Outang and Peter the Wild Boy. 



CHAP. I. 



The Dtfign of this Work is to reftore the Antient Philofophy.— In the preceding 

 Volumis it is iTao.vn that Mind is the Author of all the Motions in the Univerfe.— 



The 



