# Essays, or discourses, vol. 3 (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/76228

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Essays%2C+or+discourses%2C+vol.+3+%28of+4%29+Feijoo&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

I. There is the same common error prevalent among the vulgar, with respect to History, that there is with regard to Jurisprudence. I mean, that they suppose the attainment of those two faculties depends solely upon application and memory. It is commonly thought, that a man is made a great lawyer, by treasuring up in his remembrance great numbers of law texts and maxims; and a great historian, by reading and retaining many historical relations. I won’t dispute, if we speak only of men learned in conversation, and historians for table talk, that any thing more is necessary. But to become a historian of the pen, good Lord! nothing less than the pens of the Phœnix are equal to the undertaking...

## Chapters

- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-3-of-4-76228/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-3-of-4-76228/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-3-of-4-76228/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-3-of-4-76228/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-3-of-4-76228/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-3-of-4-76228/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-3-of-4-76228/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-3-of-4-76228/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-3-of-4-76228/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-3-of-4-76228/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-3-of-4-76228/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-3-of-4-76228/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-3-of-4-76228/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-3-of-4-76228/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-3-of-4-76228/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-3-of-4-76228/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-3-of-4-76228/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-3-of-4-76228/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-3-of-4-76228/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Part 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-3-of-4-76228/chapters/20/index.md)