GEOGRAPHY AND ASTRONOMY.

Dedication

SECTION 1. Of the Spheres or Globes of the Heaven and Earth

II. Of the greater Circles

V. Of Longitude and Latitude on the Earthly Globe and of dif-

ferent Climates

VI. Of Right Ascension, Declination and Hour Circles

VII. Of Longitude and Latitude on the Heavenly Globe, and of

the Nodes and Eclipses of the Planets

VIII. Of Altitude, Azimuth, and various risings and settings of

the Sun and Stars

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IX. Of the Inhabitants of the Earth according to the Positions of

the Sphere, the Zones, &c.

X. The natural Description of the Earth and Waters on the Ter-

XI. Of Maps and Sea Charts

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XII. The Political Divisions of the Earth represented on the

Globe

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XIII. Of Europe and its several Countries and Kingdoms

XIX. Problems relating to Geography and Astronomy to be per-

formed by the Globe

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XX. Problems by the Use of the Plain Scale and Compasses

XXI. Tables of the Sun's Declination, and of the Declination

and right Ascension of several Remarkable fixed

Stars, together with some Account how they are to

be used

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PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAYS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS.

PREFACE

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ESSAY I. A fair Enquiry and Debate concerning Space whether it be

II. Of Substance and of solid Extension and a thinking Power,

as the two only Original Substances

VI. Of the Power of Spirits to move Bodies, of their being in a

IX. Of the Production, Nov.ishment and Operations of Plants

XII. Remarks on some Chapters of Mr. Locke's Essay on the

Human Understanding

A BRIEF SCHEME OF ONTOLOGY.

CHAPTER I. Of Being and not Being, with a general Scheme of the Affee-

tions of Being

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II. Of absolute Affections, and first of Essence or Nature, Mat-

ter and Form

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III. Of Existence, whether actual, possible or impossible;

necessary or contingent; dependent or independent

IV. Of Duration, Creation and Conservation

V. Of Unity and Union

VI. Of Act and Power, Action and Passion, Necessity and

Liberty

VII. Of relative Affections or Relations

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VIII. Of real Relations, (viz.) Truth, Goodness and Perfection

IX. Of the Whole and Parts

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XIII. Of Agreement and Difference, of Sameness and the Doc-

trine of Opposites

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XIV. Of Number and Order

521

XV. Of Mental Relations (viz.) Abstract Notions, Signs,

Words, Terms of Art, &c.

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XVI. The chief Kinds or Divisions of Being, and first of Sub-

stance and Mode

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XVII. Of Finite and Infinite

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XVIII. Of Natural, Moral and Artificial Beings and Ideas

A DEFENCE AGAINST THE TEMPTATION

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SELF-MURDER.

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THE

IMPROVEMENT OF THE MIND;

CONTAINING

A VARIETY OF REMARKS AND RULES

FOR THE

ATTAINMENT and COMMUNICATION of USEFUL KNOWLEDGE,

IN

RELIGION, in the SCIENCES and in COMMON life.