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Encyclopédie:The Tree of Diderot and d'Alembert
The Tree of Diderot and d'Alembert
"Detailed System of Human Knowledge"
from the Encyclopédie.
- Understanding
- Memory
- History
- Sacred
- Ecclesiastical, proper
- History of Prophesies
- Civil
- Civil History, proper
- Literary History
- Natural
- Uniformity of Nature
- Celestial History
- History
- Irregularities of Nature
- Celestial Wonders
- Unusual Meteors
- Wonders of the Earth and the Sea
- Monstrous Minerals
- Monstrous Vegetables
- Monstrous Animals
- Wonders of the Elements
- Uses of Nature
- Arts, Crafts, Manufactures
- Working and Uses of Gold and Silver
- Minter
- Goldbeater
- Gold Threader
- Gold Roller
- Gold and Silver Smith
- Planisher
- Setter, etc.
- Working and Uses of Precious and Semiprecious Stones
- Working and Uses of Iron
- Working and Uses of Glass
- Glassmaking
- Plate-Glass
- Mirror-Worker
- Optical Manufacturer
- Glazier, etc.
- Working and Uses of Skin
- Tanner
- Chamois Leather Dresser
- Skinner
- Glover, etc.
- Working and Uses of Stone, Plaster, Slate, etc.
- Working and Uses of Silk
- Extraction
- Throwing
- Products, such as
- Velvet
- Brocaded Frabics, etc.
- Working and Uses of Wool
- Working and Uses, etc.
- Reason
- Philosophy
- General Metaphysics, or Ontology, or Science of Being in General, of Possibility, of Existence, of Duration, etc.
- Knowledge of God
- Natural Theology
- Revealed Theology
- Knowledge of Good and Evil Spirits
- Knowledge of the Soul
- Pneumatology, or Knowledge of the Spirit, or Special Metaphysics
- Knowledge of Man
- Logic
- Art of Thinking
- Perception
- Judgment
- Knowledge of Propositions
- Reasoning
- Method
- Art of Retaining
- Art of Communication
- Knowledge of Oratorical Devices
- Knowledge of Oratorical Qualities
- Ethics
- General
- Knowledge of Good and Evil in General, of Duties in General, of Virtue, of the Necessity of Being Virtuous
- Particular
- Knowledge of Laws or Jurisprudence
- Natural
- Economic
- Naval Architecture
- Home and Foreign Trade,
- by Land, by Sea
- Political
- Knowledge of Nature
- Metaphysics of Bodies, or General Physics of Extension, Impenetrability, Movement, the Void, etc.
- Mathematics
- Pure
- Applied
- Physico-Mathematics
- Physics (Natural Philosophy )
- Imagination
- Poetry
- Profane
- Narrative
- Epic Poem
- Madrigal
- Epigram
- Novel, etc.
- ............ Music
- Theoretical
- Practical
- Instrumental
- Vocal
- ............ Painting
- ............ Sculpture
- ............ Engraving
- Dramatic
- Tragedy
- Comedy
- Opera
- Pastoral, etc.
- Parabolic
- Sacred
*" These divisions can also be referred to the branch of mathematics which deals with their principles."
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Last updated: 01-04-2007 01:18:57
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