84 ANTIENT METAPHYSICS. Book I. 



Mufic^ a great part of the Religion, to nvhich the Indians 'were 

 converted.— Of the natural power of Mufic over man ; ivithout 

 it the Savages of Paraguay could not have been converted. — The 

 lafi method the Jefuits ufed, -was the eflablifhment of a good Go^ 

 vernment among them.— This -was a Religious Government.— The 

 hefl Government in Antient times., fuch as the Hetoic Government 

 in Greece, was conneBed with Religion.— The fiory of the civilifa-^ 

 tion of thefe Savages, a renewal of the Hiflory of Jntient times, 

 —To be confidercd, whether Religion be not as neceffary for con- 

 tinning good Government among men, as for introducing it.— Of the 

 difperfwn of the Jefuits ;—a great blow to learning ;— compared 

 to the difperfwn of the Pythagorean Colleges in Magna Graecia, 



Of the noviciate of 15 years, the Jefuits went through before 



they were admitted into the order ; — were not only taught them- 



f elves, but teached others ; — afier they were admitted, they were 



difpofed of by thefuperior of the order according to their different 



geniufes. — Not known what is become of the Miffions in Paraguay 



after the diffolution of the order of Jefuits. — Their parting with 



their Difciples mofl forroxvful. — If they had not chofen to leave 



them, the power of Spain could not have forced them. — Might 



■ have eflablifhed many more Mifftons, — and made a new Empire^ 



and a new World of Learning in that Country. 



HAVING explained In the preceding chapters the operations 

 of the Human Intelledl:, firft in forming ideas, and then of 

 thefe ideas, arts, and faiences, the reader would naturally exped that, 

 in this Hiftory of Man, I fhould proceed to fhow in what country 

 or countries thefe arts and fciences had a beginning, and where firft 

 a regular polity was formed, without which no progrefs could be 

 made in them. But, before I proceed to this moft important part 

 of the Hiftory of Man, I think it will not be improper to fhow the 

 necefllty of thefe inventions, and that without them men, though 



alTociated, 



