Heraclitus Christianus, or, The man of sorrow being a reflection on all states and conditions of human life : in three books.

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Heraclitus Christianus, or, The man of sorrow being a reflection on all states and conditions of human life : in three books.
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London :: Printed by A.M. and R.R. for Brabazon Aylmer ...,
1677.
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"Heraclitus Christianus, or, The man of sorrow being a reflection on all states and conditions of human life : in three books." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A43357.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.

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THE CONTENTS OF THE FIRST BOOK.

  • CHAP. I. OF the strange Humour of Ti∣mon, and many others, in their Resentments of Humane Misery. Page 1
  • CHAP. II. That Man in respect of many natu∣ral advantages, is inferior to the Beasts and Inanimate Creatures. 10
  • CHAP. III. The Beasts and Irrational Creatures advantages over us, further con∣sidered in respect of those many

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  • Diseases wherewith Man is Affli∣cted, partly by Nature, and part∣ly by his own Intemperance. 13
  • CHAP. IV. The advantages of Beasts, and other Animals, over us, in respect of na∣tural instinct; whereby they have recourse to proper Remedies, for their particular infirmities and distempers. 19
  • CHAP. V. That Man hath been instructed in se∣veral useful Arts and Inventions, as also in sundry points of Mora∣lity and Philosophy, by Birds Beasts and Fishes. 22
  • CHAP. VI. That Man is more miserable than o∣ther Animals, by reason of his re∣pugnancy to the Laws of his Crea∣tor; in obedience to which, liveth all other Creaturs. 37
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