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A DEFENCE OF POETRY     1

ESSAY ON THE LITERATURE, THE ARTS, AND THE MANNERS OF THE ATHENIANS       39

ON THE SYMPOSIUM     48

THE BANQUET       51

ION; OR, OF THE ILIAD       114

MENEXENUS; OR, THE FUNERAL ORATION     132

FRAGMENTS FROM THE REPUBLIC OF PLATO     136

ON A PASSAGE IN CRITO       145

THE ASSASSINS       147

ON THE PUNISHMENT OF DEATH     167

ON LIFE       174

ON A FUTURE STATE     180

SPECULATIONS ON METAPHYSICS:—

The Mind     186

''What Metaphysics are. Errors in the usual Methods of Considering them''       189

Difficulty of Analysing the Human Mind       190