26 ADVANCEMENT OF LEAKNIN9. 



BOOK YIII. 



CHAPTER I. 



Civil Knowledge divided into the Art of Conversation, the Art of Nego- 

 tiation, and the Art of State Policy. 



CHAPTER IT. 



Tlie 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. Pre- 

 cepts relating to Self-advancement. 



CHAPTER III. 



The Arts of Empire or State Policy omitted. Two Deficiencies alo7ia 

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

 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 of Faith. The Know- 

 ledge of the Degrees of Unity in the City of God. The Eraanatious 

 of Uie Uoly Scripturefii. 



