| RefNo | RB/2/26/3 |
| Previous numbers | MS 195, fols. 52-231 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Complete text of 'The Aretology or Ethicall Elements' |
| Date | 1645 |
| Description | The complete text of 'The Aretology or Ethicall Elements', broken down as follows:
Book 1: 'Aretology Liber Primus which treteth Felicity', Fols. 52r-61r
Chapter 1: 'That there is a felicity'
Chapter 2: 'Of False Felicitys'
The final sentence on Fol. 61r states, 'For the 3rd Chapter, see it at the end of Booke foregoing'
Fols. 61v-63v are blank
Book 2: 'Aretology The Second Booke which treateth of Vertu. The first part evidencing the Nature of Vertu in generall', Fols. 64r-91v
Chapter 1: Of the End & Matter of Moral Vertu
Fol. 92r-92v is blank
Chapter 3: 'Of the Principal of Moral Actions', Fols. 93r-109r
Fols. 109v-111v are blank
Chapter 4: 'Of Les Principal Efficients of Moral Vertu', Fols. 112r-134r (Fol. 114v is blank)
Fol. 134v is blank
Chapter 6: 'Of the Properties of Morall Vertu', Fols. 135r-141v
Fols. 142r-143v are blank
Chapter 7: 'Of the Degrees of Moral Vertu where of Half-vertus & Heroick Vertu', Fols. 144r-158r
Fols. 158v-159v are blank
Chapter 8: Vertus Contrarys, Fols. 160r-167v
Fol. 168r-168v is blank
Notes on declining of all vices Fol. 169r-185v
Fol. 186r-186v is blank
Continues on vices 187r-231r
Hands: Early Boyle; John Jay (fols. 54v-5, 56v-7). |
| Language | English |
| Extent | Fols. 52-231 (180 folios) |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Published in J.T.Harwood, 'Early Essays and Ethics' (1991), pp. 3-141. |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8137 | Boyle; Robert (1627 - 1691); natural philosopher and chemist | 1627 - 1691 |