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Students are requested to enter at the commencement; that they may enjoy the benefit of being formed into regular claffes, and of paffing through a complete Course of the several Lectures: But they will not be admiffible under the age of fourteen. All letters refpecting the admission of students, or other academic business, may be addreffed to the Rev. GEORGE WALKER, at Nottingham, till the middle of September; but fubfequently to that period, at the New College, Manchester. Subscriptions and Benefactions, for the support of this Institution, will be gratefully received by SAMUEL JONES, Efq., the Treasurer, at Manchester; or, by Messrs. JONES, LLOYD, HULME, and Co. Bankers, in London. THE ANALYTICAL REVIEW. FOR AUGUST, 1798. PHILOSOPHY, ART. 1. Ariftotle's Ethics and Politics, comprising his practical Philofophy, tranflated from the Greek. Illuftrated by Introductions and Notes; the critical Hiftory of his Life; and a new Analysis of bis fpeculative Works; By John Gillies, L L. D. F. R. S. and s. A. London; F. R. s. Edinburgh; and Hiftoriographer to his Majefty for Scotland. In 2 vols. 4to. About 800 pages. Price 21. 25. in boards. Cadell and Davies. 1797. ARISTOTLE was, undoubtedly, the most univerfal scholar of his age; who, according to the testimony of Ammonius, left nothing untouched in fcience, and perfected every thing he touched: fo that Pope's eulogium, he looked all nature through, can hardly be deemed a poetical exaggeration. Yet, various, at different periods, has been the fate of his works, efpecially fince the establishment of chriftianity. His doctrines were not relished by the early fathers, who found in Plato a philofophy more fuitable to their own ideas: and the stagirite was confidered by them as an impious man, who taught the eternity of matter, and held other tenets incompatible with divine faith. Launoi quotes not less than twenty-nine fathers, from Juftin Martyr down to St. Bernard, who inveigh against Ariftotle and his doctrines: and one of the great reproaches made to the famous Abaelard was, that he read the Dialectics of Ariftotle! The fame reproaches were made to Lombard the mafter of fentences, to Gilbert Poræus, and even to the angelic doctor Aquinas, who, having made large commentaries on Ariftotle's works, then tranflated into Latin, was therefore accufed by the university of Paris of introducing a pernicious mode of inftruction. In the reform of that univerfity, made under the authority of Urban V, not only the logic of Ariftotle, but his other works, except a part of his Phyfics, were permitted, and even enjoined to be read by the ftudents; and the other schools of Europe foon followed the example. Plato now was scarcely heard of; Ariitotle was every thing: and fo faith the VOL. XXVIII. * De varia Ariftotelis fortuna. NO. 11. I philofopher philofopher was much more frequently in the mouth and writings of the fcholaftics, than fo faith the Lord. After the revival of letters, in the reign of Francis I, the celebrated Ramus having written against the logic of Ariftotle, his work was fuppreffed by a folemn decree; andthe ftudents of the univerfity forbidden to revile Ariftotle. This was in r543. But in lefs than a century after, Gaffendi made a more formidable and more effectual attack on the ftagirite: and the cartefian philofophy drove him entirely off the ftage, in fpite of the repeated efforts of the elders of the univerfity to fave him from expulfion. In the other universities of Europe he kept his hold much longer: but at prefent his works are little read, and his name is scarcely ever mentioned in the fchools. Yet great are the treasures to be found in his writings, and his worth again begins to be duly appretiated and brought to light. But a good and complete edition of his works is ftill wanted; and, from the paucity of manufcripts, will, we fear, be never obtained. From the arabic tranflators fome confiderable aid might be expected: but who will be found capable and willing to go through the drudgery of a fair and accurate collation *? Few of Ariftotle's works have been tranflated into modern tongues.. There is an italian verfion of his Ethics and Politics, by Segni, as early as 1550. But a more early french tranflation of both is that of Nicholas Orefme, printed at Paris in 1484 and 1488. The Politics were tranflated into english by Loys le Roy, and printed at London, in 1598: this translation, however, feems not to have been seen by our prefent tranflator any more than the french and italian versions above mentioned. He tells us, indeed, that his time had been miferably mis fpent in examining the numerous commentators of Ariftotle, greek, arabic, and latin; but thinks himself difpenfed from the neceffity of fpeaking of former tranflations of the Ethics and Politics, becaufe he has not borrowed a fingle fentence, nor derived the smallest affiftance from any of them. The Ethics,' he adds, which is incomparably the more difficult work of the two, has never, as far as I know, been tranflated into ANY modern language. This fhows, that the Dr.'s researches in bibliography are not very extenfive. But come we to the work. Dr. G. has prefixed to his tranflation a life of Aristotle, compiled from Laertius, Ammonius, and other ancients, with fome juft reflections of his own. After this follows a new analyfis of Ariftotle's fpeculative works, which is thus prefaced: Vol. 1. P. 39. The works of Ariftotle derive their importance and fplendour, neither from their number nor their magnitude, but from their variety and their aim. Difdaining the conqueft of particular provinces, he daringly invaded the whole empire of philofophy; and his perfevering and generally fuccefsful exertions in this bold enterprife excite the jufteft admiration of his genius and industry. The heavens and the earth; things human and divine; God, man, and na ture; under thefe comprehenfive divifions of whatever is the object of *The works of Ariftotle were firft printed in greek by Aldus, in 1495. The firft greek and latin edition is that of Cafaubon, in 1590; but the moft efteemed is the edition of Duval, of 1619, A new. edition has been announced in Germany. human. |