Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-01-02
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hNIsToTLE's WoRKs.-We are oleas.d
to hnd that Mr.. Gee. i. GRAY, c,li,or If
the Norfolk Publick Ledger, has -uadr,
taken to Republican GILLlks's sraus,at,oo ,f
ARlsroTLE's ETHICxs and PoL,r.c2s-
Subscription papers are ladgxd with .Ir.
WIilGar III. Lyle's, a, Cotton q S;eyvuy,'.
bookstore, and NJ the Office Of tie Oah,
Adoertiser-r The following are Mr. Grsy,
remarks concluding bis prHs.4ls: g-',.
Any remarks upon ;thr Character OF
the SrAe,alTE as philosopaes ana po!!,i.
eisn, or Any praise CT his writings on
sthick. AMI government, mish', on ,he
part Of the editor and jn,shi, place, be re.
gardcd as -urPro6,abls supsrsuoss,ion.-
He stands confessed and universally ac.
knowledged,, the creates, master of the
science Of paII,icks; aud lew modcrn
writers on the, subject of which !. treats.
have passed him by without avowiug their
gratitude TO him, and their az mira;ion OF
his profound researches.
>" BY the citizens Of the Un;..d States,
people possessing more Civil liberty thaa
has ever bstore been enjoyed by any nation
on earth, it IS hoped thai an au,hor VINO is
OF all Others .nost eapatae of ,nssrac,,ns
them in the nature and blessings ,of sucn
government az they have instiiuted, whose
remarks result; from close examination f
the theories Of upwards of TWO hundred
commonwesl,hs, will be received As most
welcome guest. Tea people who, BY the
nature of their civil institutions, are indi-
vidualk liable to be called upon to regu-
late the affairs If the community, he viii
prove RI u,eful companion and monitor.
Too high an opinion cannot REASONABLE, bs
entertained Of 4 work which Locke dc.
clares to be necessary to every man who
would understand the nature of politics
of philosoPhsr 10 whom the lesraed Gro.
nus assigns the most exalted rank, "whe.
her estimated by the PerspicuRv Of his
method, the acuteness sf his distinctions,
ar the weigh. and seEdity OF his argu.
nents.
"Of the .ranslstioa little farther need b.
said, than that is universaliy allowed to
nave been executed with fidelity, and Ger.
N6'uI) Will uuSN 'SaCdiuCSb Wits CICSduVSs
The learned author of the Pursuits of Ii.
! teraturs, not otherwise much inclined to
favor the Historian of Greece, saws, 1"
! think we are much indebted TO Doctor
GilIies for Offering ts :he public an English
translation of the two most important trsa-
| 'ises ON MORALITY and POLITICS which
antiquity can boast. No naa can reaG
these withaut being wiser add better"
| Rejecting upon the great utility efsuch
work 10 psopis who maze politics so
much their study, the Editor deems itun.
necessary ,e load these PROPOSALS with re.
commendatory quotations, from he vast
crowd Of civilians and philosophers who
voluntarily endsavoarss' to discharge the
.ebi which every masSof science owes to
| his universal teacher. 1t is under tn,
nope of rendering service 10 bis f llo'
| citizens, independent, % loca, motives. tn !,
ne has undertaken the we:ghty task of ~
! publishing work so important !: and he
homes that his success will fully justify
!! him FOR at,empung,a a, thi. tine, n give n
the world cheap. ana.he pledges himself
that IL shall be a corrstr, edition Of these
most nseful Of the labars of ARIsTorLs."
! N0ytaA; va. J NV r., 1904.
! A Dsblin paps; says, that Arthur o.
| Conror has hee, constituted EMPEROR y