1000000029

tlllent ,hon il i. al prefcnl, b<CRlúc fCfCr;tI prol'inees

havc revoltcd, and the 'JUrks have

Dli:ldc

encroach·

ruents to che

C3.íl

Tbc

land is rertile in many

pl:lCCS,

~nd

lhe ai, is 'Yery hoc, cxcept in the rainy {eafon,

QIld

theD

is ve.,ry temperate.

Far four monrns

yen, grcatcr

rains

fall

dlcre chao perhap'

any other

par! of fhe w,orld, whieb oecaGon ,he fwclling of the

r¡,'cr Nile, tbat hu in

Cource

this

country.

Con–

u jos mines of aH

(oen

of metal, cxcept tio;

but

lhe

Íllhabitanu make no greal advaatage lbcrcof. The

6eld. are watered by fevera! fucoa", except in lbe

moun"iQo~

pans. The emperor,

kíng,

is caJled

N rgul ;

and be ha. beco eommooly loken for Prefter

J ohn. Hi. au<hority i. abfolute, >.nd hc often dwells

~th

his wbole caun

tents.

Howevcr,

Abyffinia

bOt

without cittes. as fome pretcod; foe Candar is a

large place, where the king eommonly reGde. when

out

in <he 6eld. Tbe inhabitants are bl>ek, or

~ery

near it; but they are not fo ugly a. the negroe•.

.The,

ma.ke

profeOion of the Chria;'n religion, but it

has a

rutur. of J udaiCO). The hahi, of

P""{OM

quality

a GJken ver!, wi[h a for, of

Cearf;

bu,

the

COrnmon people wc:ar nothing but a pair of drawers.

ABYSSINIAN

church,

<ha, elbblilhcd in me empire of

AbyfTtnia.

i• • branch of the

Copt.

or Jacobitcs,

{ea

betelics, who admit but one narure

JeCu.

Cbrill.

ACACALOTL. <he

Brafilian aame

of a fpccic. of [he

Conu~.

See CORVU I .

ACACIA, iD botaoy. • fynanime of

the

poiociana,

p illa,

mimof., robinia, guaieum,

&c.

See lbeCe

arudcs.

AC.~C I A,

the

Dl2.tCr:il

medica, tbe infpiffitated juicc

of tI,e unripe fruit of <he acacia. Thi. juice i.

Iorought (rom Egypt

roundilh piecct,' w,"pt up in

<hin bladdets, and i••fed as a

miJJ

aflriogellt.

A CACIA

gumo1f;ca.

Sce

PI.V NA.

e t.., arnong antiqDarie., fomethiog refembliog a

roU or hag, fcen on medals, .. in lbe bando of fcvera!

con[uh and

tlDpcrors.

Sorne

lake

reprefc.Dt

handkerchief rolled up. where,,'¡\h \hey nude fignals

at the gd.mes; othen a roU of petition.9 ar mcnwrials ;

and,fome a purple bag fulJ of eartb,

remiad ,bem of

lbeir mortality.

ACAClANS, in eeclefiaflical hiílory, the name of fe–

vera! fea. of hereties; fo",.

whom m';Dtained,

\hit <he Son was OI1ly a fimilar, not the

fume,

fab·

Ilance with the Fatbcr; aod otbe", that he was no'

ooly. dilliaél, but a dilfLlUilar

Cubflane~.

'Fwo of thefe

f..

üs

hui tb<Í. denonUDatioo frum Acacia. bifhop oí

C",C"ea, whe Jived in che Counh eentur¡. and changed

hi, opinio"" [o

iS~

diH'cr~nt

cimC9,

head' of

both. Aoother was named froOl Acacius patriarch of

Coaflantinople, ...

I,ved

<he d ofe of the tiñh

CC(loo

tury.

ACADEMIC. ACAD. MlrlA . ,

ACA OEMtST, •

mt:mber of an aca.d.erny. See

C.lc

I Y Y

the

AtO–

dern Cenfe. •

ACADEMICS, o. ACAnEMISTs, a eleaomination gi–

•en tO the ,ultiv. tOrs of a fpom s of , hilofophy origi–

D' Uy dori. ed

Soaatea, and

.ft..w;u:t!3

UJuf!J a",d

VIlL.1.

e /\.

und in(orced

Plato,

\1.'110

[aUC~H

in a grm'e orar A·

thcns, confccrcued

the ntt!nlory o(

d'·mus

an A–

thenían

huo;

frolO whicu circumtb ncc thi,

plulofophy

rcceivcd dle name of

acaduliIl:fll.

Hefore lhe

d;:¡y:i

Plato, philoCophy had, in a gre. t meaCure, fallen illto

contempt. The eontradiélory fyllem. and hypotbeCes

Ihat h.d Cueeeflively becn urged upon

,he

world, lVere

become

fo numerous,

thu,

rrom a vlew of this ineon–

fiancy and

uncertainty of human opioion"

many

"ere

Jed

eonelude, tha, tru,h lay bcyond

ti,.

r••eh ofo"r

comprehen(¡on. Abfolute aDd uoiverfa! Ccepticifm wa.

tbe

natura.! cunrequence

of lhis condulioo. ID order

to reroedy this abure of philoCophy and of me human

faeulties, Plato laid hold of the principies of the aca–

demieal philofophy, and, in his Pbredo, reafon, in the

folJowing manner:

are uDable

to difc:Jver

" truth,

(rays

he),

mu(l

owing

lO t WO

cjml~.

llanees;

either

ther\! is

truth

the

nature

things, or the miad, from a defctl

its powers,

" is not ablc

apprchend ir. Upon the Jatter fuppo–

fition, all the unccrtainty and fluéluat!on io lhe opi–

.. nions and judgOlent! of mankind admit

eafy

folurion : Let u. thereCore be modea, and aferibe

Our

crrors

the real weakners of our

OW11

minds,

and

nOl

lhe

nature

of things themfch'cs. T ruth

" is often difficuIt of accer, : in order ro come at

it,

mul~

proceed with cauttan and diffic1e!lCt:,

Clre–

fully examining evcry acp; and .tter aH onr labdur,

.. w. will frcqucntly find our greater! elfo,," dil'ap–

pointcd,

aod

be obliged

confefs our ignorance

aod

'We,¡k.n~fs."

Labour andcamian in

OUT

rcfearche-s, in

oppofttion

raOt and hally

dccir.on.

, IVcre the diftinguiflting ebarac–

,erillics of the difcipIes of the .ncieDt aeademy. A

philofopher pofTefled of theCe principies, will

I10w

in his progrcfs,

bUl

",ill fcldom

f.Jj

¡mo errors; or

have

occafion

alter his

apioioD

aftcr ir is ooce

(oflD.

ed, Van'ty Bod precipitante are the

gr.at

fourecs'of

fcept icifin: hurricd on

{here,

¡nncad

ancndir,d

,he

eool and deliberate principie, reeommended ·by the

acadenty, fe, eral oC our modern philnfophel'1i hal'c r loD–

gcd thcmCdves intO an abfurd and ridieulaosk:nd offeep–

ticifnl. They pretend tOdireredit things-that are pl:fID,

finrple, and e,(¡ly comprehended; but give peremptory

and dccifive judgmeats upon fubjefu that evidently ex–

eeed the limi" of our ""pactly. Of thefe Berkley :/nd

Hume are the moft eonfIderablc. Berkley donied the

exiHcnce

efery (hing, excepung his own ídeds.

Hume has

~onc

• flep furlher, .nd qu.ilioned even

~.e

fxificnce

idea!; bm at the

Came

time ha-s noc

h~li

tatcd

give dctcrmined opinions with regard to

ec~r

nilY,

pro~idcR(:e,

and a

futurc A::ne, miracoJous icter–

po(¡, ions of the Deity, Óc. fubje& far above a.e

reach of our racohie!. In his

e{fay

0 0

lh!: acadcmicaJ

o. Cceptieal p/ti"'Cophy, he has eonfonDdcd

[\VO

vdry

oppofite fpecies of phllofophy. After [he

d.ys

· 'of

Plato, indeed. ,he principie. of .he 6,ft aeadcmy lVere

groC,ly

curruptcd by Arcdila5, Carneades,

&c,

This

might ¡cad Mr Hume into ,he

notino

thí¡( (he

ocade–

nJlI.ol

~nJ

fiO"!/i,,,I.pnilofophy were

ryno:l'molls

(ern~s

•

But no prmeip1cs caD be of a more oppofite n.N.e

t1lAtl