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Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning (1694)
by William Wotton
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In several places in this work there are quotations from ancient Greek featuring various 'non-standard' characters and/or ligatures. Transcription of these quotations into modern Greek (to the extent possible) has been based on Ingram, William H. (1966), "The Ligatures of Early Printed Greek", Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies, (Durham, North Carolina: Duke University) 7 (4): 371-389, <https://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/11391>. 

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REFLECTIONS

UPON

Ancient and Modern

LEARNING.

By WILLIAM WOTTON, B. D.

Chaplain to the Right Honourable the
EARL of NOTTINGHAM.

LONDON,

Printed by J. Leake, for Peter Buck, at the
Sign of the Temple, near the Inner-Temple-
Gate, in Fleet-street, mdcxciv.

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CONTENTS.

Epistle Dedicatory (not in original TOC)
Preface (not in original TOC)
Chap. 1. GEneral Reflections upon the State of the Question, p. 1
Chap. 2. Of the Moral and Political Knowledge of the Ancients and Moderns, p. 11
Chap. 3. Of Ancient and Modern Eloquence and Poesie, p. 20
Chap. 4. Reflections upon Monsieur Perrault's Hypothesis, That Modern Orators and Poets are more excellent than Ancient, p. 45
Chap. 5. Of Ancient and Modern Grammar, p. 55
Chap. 6. Of Ancient and Modern Architecture, Statuary, and Painting, p. 61
Chap. 7. General Reflections relating to the following Chapters: With an Account of Sir William Temple's Hypothesis of the History of Learning, p. 77
Chap. 8. Of the Learning of Pythagoras, and the most Ancient Philosophers of Greece, p. 91
Chap. 9. Of the History and Mathematicks of the Ancient Egyptians, p. 103
Chap. 10. Of the Natural Philosophy, Medicine and Alchemy of the Ancient Egyptians, p. 116 ​
Chap. 11. Of the Learning of the Ancient Chaldeans and Arabians, p. 136
Chap. 12. Of the Learning of the Chineses, p. 144
Chap. 13. Of the Logick and Metaphysicks of the Ancient Greeks, p. 154
Chap. 14. Of Ancient and Modern Geometry and Arithmetick, p. 159
Chap. 15. Of several Instruments invented by the Moderns, which have helped to advance Learning, p. 169
Chap. 16. Of Ancient and Modern Chymistry, p. 183
Chap. 17. Of Ancient and Modern Anatomy, p. 190
Chap. 18. Of the Circulation of the Blood, p. 206
Chap. 19. Further Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Anatomy, p. 218
Chap. 20. Of Ancient and Modern Natural Histories of Elementary Bodies and Minerals, p. 238
Chap. 21. Of Ancient and Modern Histories of Plants, p. 252
Chap. 22. Of Ancient and Modern Histories of Animals, p. 263
Chap. 23. Of Ancient and Modern Astronomy, and Opticks, p. 275
Chap. 24. Of Ancient and Modern Musick, p. 282 ​
Chap. 25. Of Ancient and Modern Physick, p. 289
Chap. 26. Of Ancient and Modern Natural Philosophy, p. 299
Chap. 27. Of the Philological Learning of the Moderns, p. 310
Chap. 28. Of the Theological Learning of the Moderns, p. 322
Chap. 29. Reflections upon the Reasons of the Decay of Modern Learning, assigned by Sir William Temple, p. 342
Conclusion (not in original TOC) p. 356
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Errata (not in original TOC)

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