OF ERRORS

A N D

of Truth,

O R

MEN RECALLED

TO THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE

OF KNOWLEDGE;

The original French "Science" here refers to "Scientia"—a total, spiritualized system of knowledge—rather than just the modern empirical study of the physical world.

A work in which, by pointing out to Observers the uncertainty of their Researches, & their continual Mistakes, the path is indicated which they should have followed, to acquire Physical evidence regarding the origin of good & evil, regarding Man, regarding material Nature, immaterial Nature, & sacred Nature, regarding the basis of political Governments, regarding the Authority of Sovereigns, regarding Civil & Criminal Justice, regarding Sciences, Languages, & Arts.

B Y A N U N . . . . . P H . . . . .

Original: "PAR UN PH..... INC....." which stands for "Par un Philosophe Inconnu" (By an Unknown Philosopher), the famous pseudonym of Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin.

AT EDINBURGH.

The "Edinburgh" imprint was a common "false imprint" used to bypass French censorship and licensing laws; the book was actually printed in Lyon.

1775.

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