Reflections upon ancient and modern learning / by William Wotton.

  • William Wotton
Date:
1697
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Credit: Reflections upon ancient and modern learning / by William Wotton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    resol (hat Gnmenanierrars pepe meen mt ep thigd ee OLN EOIN iA IO IAL IAT y é PREFACE. Memory whereof can never be faid to have been quite extinct during the whole Courfe of thofe ignorant Ages which fuceeeded, and were the Ei- fects of their Conquefts. The Saxons in England, being taught by the Bri- tifo Refugees, who: planted: them- {elves in Ireland, and from thence, by the Way of Scotland, came by degrees back again into their own Country, had'as much, if not more Learning than any of their European Neigh- bours. The Suracens applied them- felvesto Learning in earneft,as foon as the Rage of their firft Wars was over; and refolving to make theirsa compleat Conqueft,robb'd theGreeks of their Knowledge, as {oon as. they had poffeffed themfelves of the moft valuable Parts of their Empire. The Furks have learnt enough, not to be though illiterate, though lefs pro- portionably than any of the fore- mentioned Conquerors : They can rude