Essays on education and kindred subjects

Chapter 6

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Planets, Form, Planetary System, Comets.--_Stöchiogeny_: Condensation, Simple Matter, Elements, Air, Water, Earth--_Stöchiology_: Functions of the Elements, etc., etc.--_Kingdoms of Nature_: Individuals.

(He says in explanation that "ONTOLOGY teaches us the phenomena of matter. The first of these are the heavenly bodies comprehended by _Cosmogeny_. These divide into elements--_Stöchiogeny_. The earth element divides into minerals--_Mineralogy_. These unite into one collective body--_Geogeny_. The whole in singulars is the living, or _Organic_, which again divides into plants and animals. _Biology_, therefore, divides into _Organogeny_, _Phytosophy_, _Zoosophy_.")

FIRST KINGDOM.--MINERALS. _Mineralogy_, _Geology_.