286 GENERAL LITERATURE, &C. 



oppression with apathy and indifference, and kind to 

 every body but his wife and daughter, both of whom 

 he works like slaves, and prostitutes for money to 

 strangers.* 



Stages of Life. 



The ancients reckoned six stages of life, viz. 



Pueritia Childhood, to the fifth year. 



Adolescentiaf Youth, to the 18th year, and youth 

 properly so called, to the 25th year. 



Juventus From the 25th to the 35th year. 



Virilis setas Manhood from the 35th to the ,50th 

 year. 



Senectus Old age, from the 50th to the 60th year. 



Crepita aetas Decrepid age, which ends with 

 death. 



False Principles. 



It is impossible, by correct reasoning from false 

 principles, to bring out true conclusions. 



Ad Hominem. 



In logic, this is a kind of argument drawn from 

 the principles or prejudices of those with whom we 

 argue. 



Taste. 



The words good, fine, magnificent, bad, ugly, &c. 

 equivocal in themselves, ought always to be under- 

 stood with reference to the taste of the individual. 



The Horizon of the Understanding. 



Were the capacities of our understanding well 

 considered, the extent of our knowledge once disco- 



* In certain stages of society, the misery of the female sex is 

 so deplorable, that any change or transfer would apparently be 

 an improvement in their condition. 



t Adolescentia is completed when the body has attained its 

 full height. 



