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Article CURIOUS ACCOUNT OF THE DUMP PHILOSOPHER. ← Page 5 of 6 →
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Curious Account Of The Dump Philosopher.
.... Sot . " JUDGMENT . .... Seriousness . ¦ - — .... Phlegm . . . ¦ . . . Heaviness . ' - — : .... Dulnas . These he farther explained in-the following manner :
' Whenever I read air , author of a judicious , clear , and unaffected : genius , I always observe that the spirits in my tube remain fixed tothe center ' , or Sound Judgment . When this Sound and Natural . Judgment is hei gbfened with a livel y imagination , my thermometer has nsen to Sprightliness . , Ope degree mars pf-vivacity and spirit raises it . up to , Fire , ayery valuable property of the mind , ifkeptin a settled
con tin , pity , A . littje , too much Fire produces Wildness or Extravagance ,, audyfipm this " . there is but one step more , to Madness , Raving , or Phrensy . : ¦ „„ ... . . . , , . y . IiWhe . lower'divisions of my thermometer , the several degrees of _ C p ! d in the . Unde . vstanding are -justly distinguished , in . their orderly decrease ... A good . Sound Natural Judgment , tempered with a littleXoid , falls into'S erious . Seriousness , is the fore-runner of Phlegm ; , ' f o much Phlegm cranr . ps . the , ; understanding , and . makes it
heavy : and a . heavy ^ writer is in as ready a . way to become dull as awild or extravagant one is to commence Madman . * ' As I Ijave had frequent opportunities ( continued my friend ) of making use of this instrument ' in the examination of the works Of the learned , and . to -. ' determine , to . the . twelfth part of an inch , what measure of understanding and spirit this or . that particular- author possessesI shall communicate observations to at
, my you a more convenient time : and shall now only ,, ' in -general ,,. . remark ; that in mathematics and history . flic- spirits iii my tubeV remain . ^ iixed to t [ ie center . Rhetoric raises them . . to . SpxighHiness ,. and . philosophy sinks them to-Seriousness ., . The ahcietiTppetSy raise ; them -to Fire , hut , 3 iv , Qr . the . fathers depress -them to , Phl ^ m , "' Tlie-mpit , ! . e , » owned rpniances . have- elevated tjiem' to ¦ yViidness- ' or I ^ xti-aya ^ nce ' , and , ;! .
?;' . n , sQrr , yj tp say ,., it isr b ; ijt top . corhinpn ftnvop modern authors to . bring them down at least one ' degree l } e . 6 w P-hj ' fignri . ' /" ' , ' . ' . ' /^ . ' . , "' ' But , ' ; above all , I . have , mosf ' wonctered at the strange effect the greater part , and especiij-lly-, the ; more modern , of controversial writings have produced . .-I . nqi . , sqo . r . er- begin- to read a tine , or two of them than ' my spirits rise , at once- from the ball tothe highest dregreo of my - tube ,, and fall again , with the like , precipitancy ,- to the lowest . ' 4- S ic . ? . pf . a .. p « r , t 3 b | . e size ,. I have , caused a case to be made to it , and seldom go into . corn . rjaiiy without , taking my . thermometer with
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Curious Account Of The Dump Philosopher.
.... Sot . " JUDGMENT . .... Seriousness . ¦ - — .... Phlegm . . . ¦ . . . Heaviness . ' - — : .... Dulnas . These he farther explained in-the following manner :
' Whenever I read air , author of a judicious , clear , and unaffected : genius , I always observe that the spirits in my tube remain fixed tothe center ' , or Sound Judgment . When this Sound and Natural . Judgment is hei gbfened with a livel y imagination , my thermometer has nsen to Sprightliness . , Ope degree mars pf-vivacity and spirit raises it . up to , Fire , ayery valuable property of the mind , ifkeptin a settled
con tin , pity , A . littje , too much Fire produces Wildness or Extravagance ,, audyfipm this " . there is but one step more , to Madness , Raving , or Phrensy . : ¦ „„ ... . . . , , . y . IiWhe . lower'divisions of my thermometer , the several degrees of _ C p ! d in the . Unde . vstanding are -justly distinguished , in . their orderly decrease ... A good . Sound Natural Judgment , tempered with a littleXoid , falls into'S erious . Seriousness , is the fore-runner of Phlegm ; , ' f o much Phlegm cranr . ps . the , ; understanding , and . makes it
heavy : and a . heavy ^ writer is in as ready a . way to become dull as awild or extravagant one is to commence Madman . * ' As I Ijave had frequent opportunities ( continued my friend ) of making use of this instrument ' in the examination of the works Of the learned , and . to -. ' determine , to . the . twelfth part of an inch , what measure of understanding and spirit this or . that particular- author possessesI shall communicate observations to at
, my you a more convenient time : and shall now only ,, ' in -general ,,. . remark ; that in mathematics and history . flic- spirits iii my tubeV remain . ^ iixed to t [ ie center . Rhetoric raises them . . to . SpxighHiness ,. and . philosophy sinks them to-Seriousness ., . The ahcietiTppetSy raise ; them -to Fire , hut , 3 iv , Qr . the . fathers depress -them to , Phl ^ m , "' Tlie-mpit , ! . e , » owned rpniances . have- elevated tjiem' to ¦ yViidness- ' or I ^ xti-aya ^ nce ' , and , ;! .
?;' . n , sQrr , yj tp say ,., it isr b ; ijt top . corhinpn ftnvop modern authors to . bring them down at least one ' degree l } e . 6 w P-hj ' fignri . ' /" ' , ' . ' . ' /^ . ' . , "' ' But , ' ; above all , I . have , mosf ' wonctered at the strange effect the greater part , and especiij-lly-, the ; more modern , of controversial writings have produced . .-I . nqi . , sqo . r . er- begin- to read a tine , or two of them than ' my spirits rise , at once- from the ball tothe highest dregreo of my - tube ,, and fall again , with the like , precipitancy ,- to the lowest . ' 4- S ic . ? . pf . a .. p « r , t 3 b | . e size ,. I have , caused a case to be made to it , and seldom go into . corn . rjaiiy without , taking my . thermometer with