Excerpt from Self-Knowledge: A Treatise, Shewing the Nature and Benefit of That Important Science, and the Way to Attain It; Intermixed With Various Reflections and Observations on Human Nature But whence is it that moral Philofophy, which was fe carefully cultivated in the an. Tient Academy, fhould be forced in the modem to give Place to natural, that was originally defigned to be fubfervient to it? Which is to exalt the Handmaid into the Place ofthe Mif'treis (g). 'this appears not only a prepof'terous, but a pernicious Me thod of Inliitution. For as the Mind takes a Turn of Thought in future Life, fuitable to the Tincture it hath received in Youth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.