TREATISE

SHEWING THE

NATURE AND BENEFIT

OF THE

IMPORTANT SCIENCE,

AND THE WAY TO ATTAIN IT.

Intermixed with

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"THE PROPER KNOWLEDGE OF MANKIND IS MAN."

A NEW EDITIΙΟΝ.

POPE.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR S. CROWDER, PATER-NOSTER-ROW

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CHAP. I. THE Nature and Importance

of the Subject,

CHAP. II.- The several Branches of

Self-Knowledge. We must know

what Sort of Creatures we are, and

what we shall be,

CHAP. III. The feveral Relations in

which we stand to God, to Christ,

and our Fellow-Creatures,

CHAP. IV. We must duly confider the

Rank and Station of Life in which

Providence hath placed us, and what

it is that becomes and adorns it,

CHAP. V. Every man should be well

acquainted with his own Talents and

Capacities; and in what Manner they

are to be exercised and improved to

the greatest Advantage,

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CHAP. VI. We must be well acquaint.

ed with our Inabilities, and those

Things in which we are naturally

deficient, as well as those in which

we excel,

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CHAP. VII. Concerning the Know-

ledge of our Constitutional Sins,

CHAP. VIII. The Knowledge of our

most dangerous Temptations neceffa-

ry to Self-Knowledge,

CHAP. IX. Self-Knowledge discovers

the secret Prejudices of the Heart,

CHAP. X. The Necessity and Means

of knowing our natural Tempers,

CHAP. XI. - Concerning the secret

Springs of our Actions,

CHAP. XII. Every one that knows

himself, is in a particular Manner

sensible how far he is governed by a

Thirst for Applaufe,

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CHAP. XIII. What Kind of Know-

ledge we are already furnished with,

and what Degree of Esteem we set

upon it,

CHAP. XIV. Concerning the Know-

ledge, Guard, and Government of

our Thoughts,

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CHAP. XV. Concerning the Memo-