32 CONTENTS 



CHAPTER IY 

 Civil History divided into Ecclesiastical and Literary. Deficiency of the 



latter. The Absence of Precepts for its Compilation . . . .100 



CHAPTER V 

 The Dignity of Civil History and the Obstacles it has to encounter . .102 



CHAPTER VI 

 Division of Civil History into Memoirs, Antiquities, and Perfect History . 103 



CHAPTER VII 

 Division of Perfect History into Chronicles, Biographies, and Relations. 



The Development of their parts . . . . . .104 



CHAPTER VIII 



Division of the History of Times into Universal and Particular. The Ad 

 vantages and Disadvantages of both .... . . . 1 08 



CHAPTER IX 

 Second Division of the History of Times into Annals and Journals . .109 



CHAPTER X 

 Second Division of Special Civil History into Pure and Mixed . . .110 



CHAPTER XI 



Ecclesiastical History divided into the General History of the Church, His 

 tory of Prophecy, and History of Providence ^ . . . .112 



CHAPTER XII 



The Appendix of History embraces the Words of Men, as the Body of His 

 tory includes their Exploits. Its Division into Speeches, Letters, and 

 Apothegms . . _ . 



CHAPTER XIII 



The Second leading Branch of Learning Poetry. Its Division into Narra 

 tive, Dramatic, and Parabolic. Three Examples of the latter species 

 detailed ......... U4 



BOOK III 



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 . . . . 137 



