CONTENTS OF THE PREFACE. 



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of all Analyfis Arijlotle s Method of demo Jijl rating his Logical Pro- 



pofitio7is 'The Pjificiples of the Syllogi/lical Art, however complicated^ 



perfe&ly fimple Of the Utility of the Art Now altogether, U7i~ 



kno'wn ; and the Terms of it, though ifed, not imderfood The Ufe 



of f tidying Porphyry s Introdu&ion to Arifotle s Logic Logic not 



the Li vent ion of Arifotle Several Reafons to prove this Hiftoty 



of Philofophy in later Times — — The later Philofophers in Greece, fuch 



as the Stoics, added nothing to Philofophy The Fate of it in Rome 



Philofophy, by a f range Revolution, came back again to Egypt 



Of the Alexandrian School, and the Founder of it Ammonius 



Saccas and his Succeffors — — By another Revolution Philofophy came 



back again to Athens Prod us the greatef Man of this new Athe- 



7iian School Philofophy came back again to Alexandria, under Am- 



mo7iius Hermeias Hicrocles a fimous Philofopher of the Alexan- 

 drian School Some Obfervations upon the Philofophy of the Alexan- 

 drian School They joined there the two Philofophies of Plato and 



Arifotle, and joined a third, vi%. the Pythagorean Of the Hap- 



pinefs thefe Alexandrian Philofophers ei joyed in the worf of Times 



Philofophy continued in Co7ifanti7iople after Alexandria was taken by 



the Saracens JVent to Italy after Co7ifa7itinople was taken by the 



Turks Its Progrefs there- Some vcduahle Greek Writers upon 



Philofophy lof, or preferved only in bad Latin Tra7ifations From 



Italy Philofophy we7it to France Of the Fate of the Greek Philofo- 

 phy in F7igla7id Mr. Harris endeavoured to revive it there ■ 



Co7ifequences of the Lofs of this Philofophy, with refpeEl to Sir Ifaac 



Newto7is Afro7iomy SubjeSls of Speculation a7ifng from the Study 



of Antie7it Philofophy SubjeBs alfo of pr apical Knowledge appli- 

 cable to the prefent Situation of this Coimtry. 



PREFACE. 



