An account of Mr. Ferguson, his common-place-book in two letters.

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Title
An account of Mr. Ferguson, his common-place-book in two letters.
Author
Glanvill, Joseph, 1636-1680.
Publication
London :: Printed by Andrew Clark for Walter Kettilby ...,
1675.
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Subject terms
Ferguson, Robert, d. 1714. -- Interest of reason in religion.
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Cite this Item
"An account of Mr. Ferguson, his common-place-book in two letters." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A70177.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 8, 2024.

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M. F. p. 133.

Heraclitus grew famous by the onely obscurity of his writings. It is said of Ari∣stotle▪ that being reproved by

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Alexander for publishing his Acroamaticks, he should make this reply, that they were 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉▪ made pub∣lick, yet they were 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, not published.

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Dr. Parker Plat. Theol. p. 70.

Neither is Heraclitus his name 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 because of the ob∣scurity of his writings, less fa∣mous; and no less common is

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Aristotle's Epistle* 1.1 to Alexander, that though he had made his books pub∣lick, yet he had not published them.

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