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CRITERIVM, a Ih oclml by \Vhieh propofi,i rns an,1
o~ioillns
m eompared, inonlcr
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dir.o,er Ihcir Irulh
Ilt
f.Mehood.
CR[
rHE,
io furgcry, eommooly e,tlled Ihe
ny~ ,
is a
luberc\e lhal gro",s in dilferenl Pi" lSllr lhe ey': IIds.
CR
[TH
M
VIII, In bOlany, a geous of lhe pen""II; 1
digynia c\,lfs . The frui l is oval AnJ «¡\\li'I ..
II..I.
Ther~
are lWOfpeeies, one of whieh, l'iz. lhe In,u i·
limom, or f. mpire, is a nal;ve of Bri" in; lhe bvcs
ar~
faid lO be llom.ehie, ape,ieO!, antl dimelie.
CIUTIC¡\L
dllJl
anJ
j;wpIQ/JIJ,
among
phyr,cia~l,
are
cenaio d.lyS and fymplOms in lhe eo:"fe of aCUle dir·
e"res, " hieh indieale lhe palienl's
11
ate ,
and deter·
mine him ei!ller
lO
reeover or grow worfe. See
M ~ ·
"l e
I Ni .
CRITI CI~~!,
lhe art of juelgiog wil h propricly eoo.
eeroin~
.Inyobjel! or eombinalioo of objeéls. Bn!, in
~
more lim;lld feofe, lhe frieoce of erilielfm ISeonli
ocd lOlhe fioe
afll.
The principies of lhe fioe allS
are bell nofolded by lIudyiog lhe lenfilive pan of onr
GalOre, and by Imoing "hal objeéls are o"mlly
a·
grmble, aoJ whal are oalmall)' difagreeable, The
ma. who afpires lO be a crilie io lhefe am, mull
pim e IIdl
~eep~r :
he mul! ebrl¡' percei"e .'hal oh·
jeétsare10flY, whallow, ..hal are proper or improper,
" hal are manly , aoel whal are OIeao or trivi:J. Hence
a fOllodalioo for judgiog of lane, ard for reafooiog np·
00 il : where il is eoofonflable
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PI ioeiples, IVe eao
prooonoce wi:h eenaiolY. lhal )( is eorrcll; olher–
wife, lb'l il is iocorrel!, aoJ perh,ps
u
himfieal.
Thns lhe fioe ans, like morals, beeoOle a ralÍooal
fLieote ; aod, like morals, may
~e
eullivated lO a
high dcgree of rcfioemeot.
Maoifold are lhe advaot.gesof erilieifm, wheolhus
fl udied
al
a
miooal fcicoee, lo lhe fi rfl place,
a
thorough aequaiotaoee Wilh lhe principies "f lh< fine
ant, redoubles
t~e
eOlCnainmeol lhefe arlS alford. 1'0
lhe mao who refigos himfelf eOlirely lOfeoumlO! 01'
fetliog, WilhouI iOlrrpofing aoy fort of judgmeol,
pomy, mufie, paiOliog, . remere panime ; io Ihe prime
oC life, ioelced, lhey are dclighlful, being fl'rrnmd
by lhe force of oovehy, aod lhe heal of imagi l;"ioo:
un!
l~ey
lofe their rellth
gr~dually
Wilh lheil oo\'ehy ;
. •od ale geoerally oegle/led io the malllrily /lf life,
\VOle"
¿ifpofes
lO
mOre feriaus aod more inlponaOl oc·
cup.llioo~ .
To lhofe who
cid
io erilieifmas a regu –
¡"
feieoce, governed by jun plioeiples, aod gil'irg
ftope tO judgmeot.a. well
as.
la faoey, the fioe arr,
are a f.vouraile eOlw.lillment ; aod io old 'ge malll–
taio Ihal rd ith whieb lhe)' produee io lhe morr.ing
(,f
life,
lo lhe neXI place, a philofophical ioqniry iOlOlhe
prioCiples of Ihe fioe am, inures lhe rcHeéliog mllld
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lhe roon entieiog fOll of logie: lhe praltiee of
reafooing upoo fubjeéts foagrecablc lcods lO
a
habil ;
aod a I,,,bit fl reoglhcniog lhe reafooiog faeuhics, pre·
pWSIhe mind fl)reOlcring ioto fubjcéls more diffien ll
' od abnrAtl. To have, io lhis refpell, a jull coo·
ceplioo of lhe impor laoce of erilÍeifm, we oced bnl
reOe/l upoo Vle eommoo melhoJ of ednealiun; which,
~fler
fome years fpeOl iD atI¡uiriog languagcs, hurrie!
e
R
us, WitlloUl lhe le, n rrl"pmlOTy Jili:ip:ioel iOlO lhe
mo!\ plllflHIOd p:"hforhy: a more , Ifl/lu,1Olelboll
(lI
,Iilnal" lhe
l.,"1.
r l1Ii"J frol1l aba,,1l fcicoee, il
hcyood Ibe rr,ebof invI'OI ioo; aod
,cwrdiogl~ ,
\Vilh
relpeél lO fueh Iperlll,,'ioos, lloe bulk of 0111' yuulh
rOlllraa a fOel uf hobg 11,lin lerrur, whi,h i, leidom,
i <vcr flludue" , Thole who
~Pl'ly
to
th~
m s,
are
" ,ined in a I'<'y dilTerLol maoner : lhey
are
lell, ficll
I'y
IIrp,
frn\l1 lhe di r parrs of lhe opcrr.lioo, lU
",1,,1
<le
more d,nieull; "011
:II C
OOl I'tlmincd to
m:'ke a ncll' nl01ion, Id l lhey be perfe/led io
lhof~
1I11I.h regulJrly I'reLcdc il. l'he feleoee of erilieifm
'~P':ars
lhln 10 he a mide!le liok,
eonoc,~ing
lhedif·
fucO! pJflS of eduC:llioo iOlO
a
regular , halll, This
feieoee fu roilhclh .10 ioviung opponuoil)' lOexeredc
lhe juel,:r.eol :
lI'e
delig!" 10 rl;'{OOupoo lilbieéls lhal
are eqllJlly. ple,(,ol and faOliliar;
II'C
proClld gradu–
, lIy Iro\l1 lhe filllpltr
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lhe ml,le iovohed
c" les:
aod
io
~
dUQ eourfe of dlfuplioe, euOom, whleh lIuproves
all our faCilities, bdlol\'s 3Cmeoefs upoo lhofe of le;¡–
foo, fu ffieieollo unrA",1
all
lhe iO!l ieaeiel of rlulo·
fvphy,
. Nor ollghl il lO
be
nverlooked, lhal lhe reafooings
eml'klycri upno lhe lire "'s are 0f lhe fAme kioel \\ ilh
Ihofe wh:eh '.gula:c
ollf
eoodull. MalhemHtical nod
mCl~phyliral
rcaluolngs hal'e 00 leodeney lOimpro,e
lueial iut"reourfe ; 00'
are
thI'Y 'aprlica~le
lO ,he como
0100 alfús of life: bUl a juO lalle io lhefi neam, de'
ri\'ce! flum ratiooal prioei pl, s, furniOles elegaol fub·
jcas for coo'crl"iuo, ;J,od p'epms us fioely {or a/l·
io~
iu lhe loeia l n,ue wil h e1ignil), aod p,oprielY.
'fhe feleoce of ra!looal eriuófm !CoJs
10
IIIlpro
f
e
lhe he"" 001Icfs lhno lhe uoJ«JI?odiog,
It
It ods,
io lhe fi l
n
place, lOmoderale lhe fe¡r,n, afTcéliool: by
f,,:cleoioa aod harmooiziop, lhe lemper, it is a nroog
ao¡idote
10
Ihelurbulenee of paffioo?nd violeoce ofPUl –
fui l : il procu res lO am,ofo mlleh mental enjoymeol,
Ihal io order lO be occul'led, he is OOl lCtllPI!d io
)'olllb lOpreeip:l"e iOlOhuotiog, glmiog,'dl
inki.og;
onr io
mlu~Ic'"ge,
lOd/·li"er himfeif
over
10
ambIlIO?;
oor io cld" gc, lO a'ariee. Prie!e aod env)', llVO
dIf·
gullful p,fllllO', fird io lhe eOOnilUlioo 00 eoemy more
for'llid,ble lhan
a
delieale ,nJ
di~
cmiog laOe : lhe
man upoo wh;1!1! O:'ture aod culture l1<I'e bd!owed
lhi, ltldliog, fl'ds glcal
ddir.hlio lhe ,·i,lllOUS difpo·
fillons ..od
Il~i0ns
of olhelS: be 101'cl
10
eherilhlh,,",
and 10 pllllliOl lhem
10
Ihe
wodd:
fallhs 20d f.ilings,
il il I",e, are lO him001 lels obvious ;
bur
lher. he
arl'I,ls, Ilf lemoves 01'1of
fi~ht,
bec;\Ufc lhey gil'e bim
pAin . 00 lhe"Iher har,d, a OllO void of lalle, upOD
\\ hom Ihe mol! I!nklog
~tAIIlies
Olake bOl
a
f~IOl
im·
prCOlll'l. has orl joy bel io grallfylOr. hil prideoren'y
hy
lh~
difrO'lery of error< aod bleOlilhes. lo a ",on!,
lhere rnol)' he mher paninos, whieh, for a
fe,f~o, d~.
11111 b'll,e
rem'
of focielY more lhao lhofe
OlCOII(l~ICd
I
hUl no olh"r palfioo is
f~
lIowtalied ao
'lltago~IO
lO
lhe f..w s of focí,1iOlcreourre:
lhl,(~ p~lr.ons,
lcod–
in~ aili~llI"ully
1"
lheir gratifiealioo,
P:'~
a
.00a~
perpc-
1",I'y 10 orl'0C,lion
10
olher! ;
~od
ddrl,'e l'Im
o~OIe
lOr""th bad lhAo gooJ qualili"" ,,1'<0ioa companlo
n ,
Holl' dilfmm llUl ¿if'0:iliuo of miod, \Vh re every
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