

CONTENTS. 



For farther particulars, see the Alphabetical Index, at the close of the work. 



INTRODUCTION, page 15 : Chap. I. SUBJECTS OP HUMAN KNOW- 

 LEDGE, 15 : Chap. II. SOURCES OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE, 19 ; The Ancient 

 Schools of Philosophy, 19; Modern Learned Societies, 22; Libraries, 23 ; 

 .Encyclopaedias, 26 : Chap. III. CLASSIFICATION OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE, 

 28 ; Former Classifications, 28 ; The Proposed Classification, 32. 



FIRST PROVINCE; PSYCHONOMY, page 39. 



I. Department; GLOSSOLOGY, page 40: Chap. I. GENERAL GRAM- 

 MAR, 42 ; Orthology, 43 ; Lexicology, 44 ; Accidence, 45 ; Syntax, 47; 

 Prosody, 47 : Chap. II. ORIENTAL LANGUAGES, 49 ; Coptic, and Hiero- 

 glyphics, 49; Semitic, and Hebrew, 50; Arabic, 51; Sanscrit, 52; 

 Chinese, 54: Chap. III. EUROPEAN LANGUAGES, 55; Pelasgic, and Greek, 

 55; Latin, 57; Italian, 58; Spanish, 59; French, 60; Gothic, and 

 English, 62 ; German, 63 ; -Celtic, 64 ; Sclavonic, 65 : Chap. IV. BAR- 

 BAROUS LANGUAGES, 66 ; American, 66 ; African, 67 ; Oceanic, 68. 



II. Department; PSYCHOLOGY, page 69: Chap. I. RHETORIC, 70; 

 Qualities of Style, 71 ; -Figures of Speech, 72 ; Principles of Taste, 73 ; 

 Objects of Composition, 74 ; Management of a Discourse, 75 ; Princi- 

 ples of Elocution, 76: Chap. II. LOGIC, 77; Terms, and Conception, 77; 

 Propositions, and Judgment, 78 ; Syllogisms, and Reasoning, 79 ; Fal- 

 lacies, or Sophisms, 80 ; Grounds of Judgment, 81 ; Uses of Reason, 

 81: Chap. III. PHRENICS, 82; Phrenology, 83 ; Propensities, 84; Sen- 

 timents, 84 ; Perceptive Powers, 85 ; Reflective Powers, 86 : Chap. IV. 

 ETHICS, 87 ; Personal Duties, 88 ; Cognate Duties, 89 ; Social Duties, 

 90 ; Religious Duties, 91 : Chap. V. EDUCATION, 92; Physical, 93; In- 

 tellectual, 94 ; Secular, 95 ;- Religious, 96 ; Public and Private Educa- 

 tion, 96. 



III. Department; NOMOLOGY, page 98 : Chap. I. POLITICAL PHILO- 

 SOPHY, 100; Theory of Government, 101 ; Principles of Legislation, 102; 

 Of Adjudication, 103; Of Administration, or Statesmanship, 104: 



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