Dialogues on the Nature, Design and Evidence of the Theological Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850. Excerpt: ... DIALOGUES, &c. BETWEEN SOPHRON AND PHILADELPHIA. Soph. You have read, then, all the writings of Swe denborg? Phil. All his theological writings which have been published, and I believe the most material of his philoso phical works. Soph. Was the author, then, a philosopher, as well a? a theologian? Phil. Natural philosophy appears to have been the favourite pursuit of his early years, and he soon attracted the attention of the learned world by his various publications on philosophical subjects. Soph. Pray, sir, may I ask, what were the tides of his philosophical works? Phil. Of those which I have seen, one of the most important and voluminous is entitled, Works, Philosophical and Mineral. It was printed under the author's own inspection, part at Leipsic, part at Dresden, in three volumes, folio, in the year 1734. Another work, equally important, though not so large, is entitled the Economy of the Animal Kingdom, in two parts, printed at Amsterdam, in the year 1740 and 1741, in quarto. Another has for its title, The Animal Kingdom, in three parts; one part printed at the Hague, and the other at London, in the years 1744 and 1745, in quarto. The above works were written in Latin; and, besides these, several othe- philosophical pieces were published by him, some in Latin, and some in the Swedish language, which I never read. The titles, however, have been communicated to me, and are as follow: I. Dsedalus Hyperboreus, Stockholmise, 1716, 1717, 1718, in quarto, in six parts, consisting of Essays and Remarks on some branches of Mathematics and Philosophy. II. An Introduction to Algebra, under the title of the Art of the Rules, published in the year 1717. III. An Attempt towards fixing the value of Money, and finding a Standard for Measures, in such a mann...