O R I G I N

O F

D I S C O V E R I E S

ATTRIBUTED TO THE

M O D E R N S .

In which it is demonstrated that our most famous Philosophers have drawn most of their

Knowledge from the Works of the Ancients, and that several

important Truths concerning RELIGION were known to the Sages of Paganism.

BY MR. L. DUTENS,

Louis Dutens (1730–1812) was a French-born writer and diplomat who lived in Britain. He was a key figure in the "Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns," a debate over whether modern society had surpassed the wisdom of antiquity.

HISTORIOGRAPHER TO THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN;

RECTOR OF ELSDON IN NORTHUMBERLAND; OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON;

OF THE ACADEMY OF INSCRIPTIONS AND BELLES-LETTRES OF PARIS; AND

OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF TURIN.

THIRD EDITION,

CONSIDERABLY AUGMENTED.

IN LONDON:

FROM THE PRINTING OFFICE OF W. & C. SPILSBURY, SNOW-HILL.

SOLD BY P. ELMSLEY, STRAND; T. PAYNE, MEWS GATE; J. EDWARDS, PALL-MALL;

J. ROBSON, NEW BOND-STREET; AND J. DE BOFFE, GERARD-STREET, SOHO.

1796.

original: "M.DCC.XCVI."