A new treatise of the art of thinking; or : a compleat system of reflections, concerning the conduct and improvement of the mind ; illustrated with variety of characters and examples drawn from ordinary occurrences of life . E N have conceived two diffcrent Prejudices againft who confine this Nameto what has hitherto beentaught under it in the Schoolsjdefpfe it as an Heap of Nonfenfe; and be-caufe they never remember without Uneafi-nefs the Tains they have taken^ and theTime they have loft in ftudying itj they do7iot like to hear any body ffeak of it, norwould they be much troubled
A new treatise of the art of thinking; or : a compleat system of reflections, concerning the conduct and improvement of the mind ; illustrated with variety of characters and examples drawn from ordinary occurrences of life . E N have conceived two diffcrent Prejudices againft who confine this Nameto what has hitherto beentaught under it in the Schoolsjdefpfe it as an Heap of Nonfenfe; and be-caufe they never remember without Uneafi-nefs the Tains they have taken^ and theTime they have loft in ftudying itj they do7iot like to hear any body ffeak of it, norwould they be much troubled ifthe^fe thereofwere for ever abolifhed. Others there are^who do indeed agreCj, that Logic ought tocontain fomething more than what we 7neetwith in Ariftotle ^;/i Ramus; but they thinkit ought not to be extended much farther* A 2 ^0 iv PREFACE. To fill a Syjiem of Logic with Maxims^iL-bich froperly belong to a Treatifc of Mora-lity^ ij-, in their Opinion^ to lead the Readerfrom the T!^urpofe^ and to enrich one Sciencewith the Spoils of another., is vjhat they donot think alio-j^able. I NEVER coiled imagine the Sciences toke,difii7tguifhd by Bciinds or Limits fo exa6iand inviolable:, as thofe that divide Kingdoms*I a
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