An arrogant boaster is universally condemned, 306. Yet there are times when a man may fitly praise himself, 307. A man may vindicate his worthy acts when maligned by others, 309. Instances of this in Pericles, Pelopidas, Epaminondas, 309. A man grappling with ill-fortune may vindicate himself, 310. A man may do it, if treated ungratefully, 311. Or if unjustly accused of evil acts, 312. A man may indirectly praise himself by praising others who are of similar character, 313. Envy may be forestalled by giving the credit of our good actions to Fortune or to God, 314; and by admissions of partial wrong in our character or conduct, 316, 317. We may praise ourselves when it seems to be for the advantage of others, 318; and when by so doing we may silence an insolent and blustering man, 319. When evil conduct is praised, and we may attract the attention of the company to a worthier example, 320. In general we should avoid talking about ourselves, 321. This habit engenders boasting and vain-glory, 322. It leads to the disparagement of others, 323. We should hear our praises uttered with modesty and caution, 324; otherwise we incur disgrace, 325. CONCERNING THE PROCREATION OF THE SOUL, AS DISCOURSED IN TIMAEUS. By John Philips, Gent. Opinion of Plato concerning the soul, 326. Quotation from the Timaeus of Plato, 326. Opinions of Xenocrates and Crantor, 327. Plato held the eternity of matter, 328, 353. Nature of the soul, according to Plato, 329, 330. The material of which the world was formed, originally a shapeless mass existing from eternity, 331. It was arranged in perfect and beautiful forms by God, 331, 336. The soul of the world, 332, 351. Origin of evil, 333, 334. Reconciliation of Plato with himself, 335-337. His real meaning, 337. The four original elements of all created, corporeal things, 337. The soul is both created and uncreated, 338. The subject illustrated by geometry and the doctrine of ratios, 339-345. And by the musical scale, 345-349. Relation of spirit to matter, 350. The opinion of those philosophers refuted who make the soul a compound of both, 351. The soul of the world, what? 352. The divisible and the indivisible: the Other and the Same, 326, 350, 354, _et seq._ The four elements, how related, 355. Generation, what? 356. Two discordant principles rule the world,—Fate or Necessity, and Intelligence or Wisdom, 357, 358. The soul is not altogether the workmanship of the Deity, 359. Another illustration from geometry, 360. Illustration from the planetary system, 361, 362. And from musical science, 361, 367. THAT A PHILOSOPHER OUGHT CHIEFLY TO CONVERSE WITH GREAT MEN. By Knightly Chetwood.