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The proper knowledge of Mankind is Man. Pope.
LONDON:
PUBLISHED BY JOHN SHARPE, DUKE STREET, PICCADILLY.
1824.
BODLEIAN
8 1MAR 1930
LIBRARY
Chiswick:
PRINTED BY C. WHITTINGHAM, COLlege house.
1. The Nature and Importance of the Subject
2. The several Branches of Self-knowledge.
We must know what sort of Creatures
we are, and what we shall be...............
3. The several Relations in which we stand to
God, to Christ, and our Fellow-creatures
4. We must duly consider the Rank and Sta-
tion of Life in which Providence hath
placed us, and what it is that becomes and
adorns it
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1
11
18
31
5. Every Man should be well acquainted with
his own Talents and Capacities; and in
what Manner they are to be exercised and
improved to the greatest Advantage...... 34
6. We must be well acquainted with our Ina-
bilities, and those Things in which we are
naturally deficient, as well as those in
which we excel.......
37
Chap.
7. Concerning the Knowledge of our constitu-
tional Sins .....
Page
39
8. The Knowledge of our most dangerous
Temptations necessary to Self-knowledge 45
9. Self-knowledge discovers the secret Preju-
dices of the Heart..........
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48
61
11. Concerning the secret Springs of our Actions 66
12. Every one that knows himself is in a particu-
lar Manner sensible how far he is governed
by a Thirst for Applause.....
13. What Kind of Knowledge we are already fur-
nished with, and what Degree of Esteem
we set upon it...........
14. Concerning the Knowledge, Guard, and Go-
vernment of our Thoughts...........
15. Concerning the Memory.....
16. Concerning the mental Taste..........................
68
72
12
77
90
94
17. Of our great and governing Views in Life... 99
18. How to know the true State of our Souls;
and whether we are fit to die............... 101