A CRITICAL

HISTORY

OF ECLECTICISM, Eclecticism: In a philosophical context, this refers to the practice of selecting and combining the best doctrines from different schools of thought rather than adhering to a single system.

OR OF THE

NEW PLATONISTS. Commonly referred to today as Neoplatonists, these were philosophers of late antiquity who expanded upon Plato's ideas.

Those who wander from the truth through ignorance are to be forgiven; but those who lie by design must be relentlessly rebuked: original Latin: "Illis qui per ignorantiam aberrant à veritate, ignoscendum est; qui studio autem mentiuntur, implacabiliter succensendum" Polybius, Book XII.

VOLUME ONE.

R.W.B.D.

A decorative woodcut vignette depicting a lush arrangement of botanical elements, including various serrated leaves, small five-petaled flowers, two pears, and a cluster of grapes hanging from the bottom center.

1766.