Excerpt from Alciphron, or the Minute Philosopher, Vol. 1: In Seven Dialogues, Containing an Apology for the Christian Religion, Against Those Who Are Called Free-Thinkers It is true, the main Scope of all his Writings (as he hima' {elf tells us) was to affert the Reality of a Beauty and Charm 111 moral as well as in natural Subjeets: to demonfirate a Tafie, which he thinks more efi'eetual than Principle: to recom mend Morals on the fame Foot with Manners: and to ad vance Philofo by on the very Foundation of what is called a ble an polite. As for Religious (balms, the Belief o a future State of Rewards and Punilhments, and fuck Matters, this great Man Ricks not to declare, that the li beral, poliihed, and refined Part of Mankind mull needs confider them only as Children's Tales and Amufements of the Vulgar. For the fake therefore of the better Sort he hath, in great Goodnefis and Wifdom, thought of {ome thing elfe, to wit, a Tafie or Relilh: this he afl'ures us, is at lafi what will influence: Since according to him whoever has any Impreflion of Gentility (as he calls it) or Politenefi, is (0 acquainted with the Decorum and. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.