The Poetical Works of Henry Brooke, Esq., Vol. 4

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Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Henry Brooke, Esq., Vol. 4: Revised and Corrected by the Original Manuscript, With a Portrait of the Author, and His LifeThe Author introduces his work with a gene-4 ral furvey of the whole, In nature of the plan or argument, and then commences a new with a demonftration, a prion, of the being and attributes of God. Thence pro ceeds'to creation, in which he endeavours at an opinion of the manner, as near as po¿ible he may as alfo Of the nature and difference of the fubfiances Of fpirit and matter, the economy of the univerfe, the' afironomic fyftem, phyfics, anatomy, and mof't branches of natural philofophy, in which the technical terms are as few, and the whole explained and made as eafy and Obvious as po¿ible. The connection, dependence, ufe, and beauty, of the whole. Man confidered the nature of, his being, the manner of his attaining knowledge, the analyfis of the mind, faculties, affec tions, and pa¿ions, how they confifi in each individual, and in the fpecies. The nature of freedom, that it is not in the will what it is, and wherein it confifis, demonf'trated. Of vice, mifery, virtue, and happinefs their nature and final tendency. The whole being wrought into one natural and connec'ted fcheme, the author rifes whence he began, and ends with a poetical rhapfody in the contemplation Of the beauty of the whole.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.