# Essays, or discourses, vol. 4 (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/76229

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

## Summary

I. The Greek word Paradox, or Paradoxologia, does not properly signify a false or implicatory proposition, but an improbable or incredible one; and therefore, this word is commonly applied to those propositions, which in the eye of the generality of mankind, at first sight seem false and contradictory, and difficult to be assented to; but upon examining them strictly and with attention, appear to be either true or probable. In this discourse, we shall treat of some of the things of this species, which are to be found in the line of natural philosophy.

## Chapters

- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-4-of-4-76229/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-4-of-4-76229/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-4-of-4-76229/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-4-of-4-76229/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-4-of-4-76229/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-4-of-4-76229/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-4-of-4-76229/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-4-of-4-76229/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-4-of-4-76229/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-4-of-4-76229/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-4-of-4-76229/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-4-of-4-76229/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-4-of-4-76229/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-4-of-4-76229/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-4-of-4-76229/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-4-of-4-76229/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-4-of-4-76229/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-4-of-4-76229/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-4-of-4-76229/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-4-of-4-76229/chapters/20/index.md)