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fevealTfed , ^ t ^ iglt » Ti It professes ^ i fodfe ^ a to rifa ? cjerived ttcm tte < bnn 6 r exclusively ;) and if ihe 'result &M& xefcaitofy \^ iib 9 e& to establish any thing as countenanced by reason , ^ hicb ^ idtt ^ eetlyjbfipiosed to revelation * we might te apprehensive of an impression unfavourable to the latter . But that in all their leading principles they cbincide , is nothing more than what the friend * of - both would desire to be convinced of . Both are the gifts of the same great and wise Being , and it is impossible that they can really
contradict each other . It cannot be unpleasing to the rational Christian t& perceive ,- that the truths which he most highly values as the basis of his dearest hopes are found to be worthy of all acceptation when tried by the test of nature and of reason ; and the profound philosopher , if he be animated by a teal * desire for the welfare and improvement of his fellow-creatures , what * ever confidence h& may feel in his own sufficiency to search out for himself all that it is essentially important for him to know , will rejoice in the belief that t'he ' i ^ ges of revelation have placed the same advantages within the reach o £ < adS > uatikitidUu " . .. ¦ - . ..
/ jfUhbi wqrk is dedicated with great propriety to the Rev * Jatnes 3 $ yme , fchd presfoitviastcsellent Professor of Moral Philosophy at Glasgow 3 & gentleman for ^ wha se } valuable public instructions and personal kindness the author efcpre ^ sesarlwely gratitude , in which those who have participated in the samo advantagos will teadily sympathize , ^
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1 Afe II . —The Epicurean * A Tale . By Thomas Moore . £ ori < Jon . 1 $ 27 . i 2 mo . > W £ opened this book with the hope of finding tn it at least ^ t regale of philosophy . This hope was not founded on its title aloni ; for under it alight be comprehended every variety of subject , ftonV the classical and eloquent discussion of moral truths , by which the pages of' * A few Day $
atAthens" are distinguished , down to the detail or physical gratifications , by which Dr . Kitchenet was wont to delight of disgust the eating public * But in glancing over the notes at the end of Mr ; Moore s volume , before we turned to the text , the name of Origen caught our eye : and it seemed impossible that an Epicurean should be brought into contact with the Christian sage , without giving out some sparks of philosophy by which we might
be entertained at least , if not enlightened . But our expectation was disap pointed ; There is little of either philosophy or religion in the book ; though so near an approach to both , that we feel justified in directing the attention of our readers to the work ; especially as they will find much to amuse the imagination and gratify the taste , though not to employ the intellect * lit }' This work is not new of its kind . It bears a close resemblance , ih'th #
most interesting parts of the story , to the well known novel of Valerius * ( Ift our opinion , the comparison is greatly in favour of the earlier wotk'J Ini b *^ much as the interest of the plot is of more importance than beauty 'ctf style s or imagery ^ in * which the E p icurean , like all the other worlte of ^ M ^ Mtom ^ abounds . Those ( if such mere be ) \ vho have not read Va 3 et ^]^ Wi ) k ^ i ^^ dtnibtedly iind their attention absotbed , and their feelings injitolv < % 4 a 4 h ^^ vieisaitudes experienced by the h , ero and heroine of the EficM ^ riy ' titodtt nooey perhap&y can traverso the last- hundred pag ^ ivith toM 4 ndi ^ fett < ee ^ Ion there iasomethinff in' the i hiatory of the character and pcre ^ euti orts of trie eauty Qteistian ^ wW « &clip ti \^ W » i ^ eittr ^ f ( l » nai ^ ^ g ^ the ftym ^ thi ^^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1827, page 901, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1803/page/45/
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