Some Observations Upon the Vindication of Homer, and of the Ancient Poets and Historians, Who Have Recorded the Siege and Fall of Troy: Written by I. B. S. Morritt, Esq.

by Jacob Bryant

Excerpt from Some Observations Upon the Vindication of Homer, and of the Ancient Poets and Historians, Who Have Recorded the Siege and Fall of Troy

B mustmust be received in this manner. It is farther added, that We are contented to take them upon trust. But this is a truth too plain to be' mentioned. For we must necessarily be contented, where there is no choice. What adds' to the misfortune is faid to be, that we, not irrationally, give credit to tie opinions of toase, woo bad netter opportunities than ourselves to judge of their trutb or falseboooh There seems to me to,be here; what we call, a paral' for how can it be a misfortune to aét and to give credit to those, who are better informed I'n lbort how can there be loss, or grievance, in ad mitting evidence upon undoubted authority The Author says, that we; are contented to give and well contented we may for what more can be desired. Than moral certainty? The Author adds, that Sceptics have appeared upon this subject before Mr B  Sed. Omnes illacrymabiles urgentur,. Ignotique, longfi. Nocte jacent (so-it should be expressed.) To this. I can only say, it is a pity. That this mark of contempt was introduced so early; or that it was introduced.

105 pages, Paperback

Published August 24, 2018

About the author

Jacob Bryant (1715 – 1804) was a British scholar and mythographer, who has been described as "the outstanding figure among the mythagogoues who flourished in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries".