26 ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING. 



BOOK VIII. 



CHAPTER I. 



Civil Knowledge divided into the Art of Conversation, the Art of Ncg(- 

 tiation, and the Art of State Policy. 



CHAPTER IT. 



The Art of Negotiation divided into the Knowledge of Dispersed Occa 

 sions (Conduct in Particular Emergencies), and into the Science of 

 Rising in Life. Examples of the former drawn from Solomon. Pro- 

 cepts relating to Self-advancement. 



CHAPTER III. 



The Arts of Empire or State Policy omitted. Two Deficiencies alone 

 noticed. The Art of Enlarging the Bounds of Empire, and the 

 Knowledge of Universal Justice drawn from the Fountains of Law. 



BOOK IX. 



The Compartments of Theology omitted. Three Deficiencies pointed 

 out. The Right Use of Reason in Matters oi Faith. The Know 

 ledge of the Degrees of Unity iu the City oi God. The Ejnanatioua 

 of the Iloly Scriptures 



