# Essays, or discourses, vol. 1 (of 4)

Author: Feijoo, Benito Jerónimo, 1676-1764; Brett, John, -1785 [Translator]

Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71277

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Essays%2C+or+discourses%2C+vol.+1+%28of+4%29+Feijoo&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The Author of the following Discourses was a Spaniard, and a dignified clergyman of the Church of Rome, high in rank, and much respected as an ecclesiastic; but was not less esteemed for his candour and liberality of sentiment, than admired for his almost universal learning and extensive knowledge. The Translator has it not in his power to give so particular and satisfactory an account of this eminent man as he could wish; but the Reader will find in the Fourth Essay of the Second Volume, a summary one given of himself, in which he tells us where he was born, how he was educated, and where he passed the greatest part of his life; how he passed it, is pretty clear from his Writings, which...

## Chapters

- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-1-of-4-71277/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-1-of-4-71277/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-1-of-4-71277/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-1-of-4-71277/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-1-of-4-71277/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-1-of-4-71277/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-1-of-4-71277/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-1-of-4-71277/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-1-of-4-71277/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-1-of-4-71277/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-1-of-4-71277/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-1-of-4-71277/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-1-of-4-71277/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-1-of-4-71277/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Part 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-1-of-4-71277/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-1-of-4-71277/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-1-of-4-71277/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-1-of-4-71277/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-1-of-4-71277/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-1-of-4-71277/chapters/20/index.md)