[456] Johann Jakob Hoffmann (1635-1706), professor of Greek and history at his birthplace, Basel. He also wrote the Epitome metrica historiæ universalis civilis et sacræ ab orbe condito (1686).
[457] Ephraim Chambers (c. 1680-1740), a crotchety, penurious, but kind-hearted freethinker. His Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary was translated into French and is said to have suggested the great Encyclopédie.
[458] Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par un société de gens de lettres. Mis en ordre et publié par M. Diderot, et quant à la partie mathématique, par M. d'Alembert. Paris, 1751-1780, 35 volumes.
[459] "From the egg" (state).
[460] See Vol. I, page 382, note 12 {785}.
[461] See Vol. II, page 4, note [15].
[462] "In morals nothing should serve man as a model but God; in the arts, nothing but nature."
[463] Encyclopédie Méthodique, ou par ordre de matières. Paris, 1782-1832, 166½ volumes.
[464] See Vol. II, page 193, note [336].
[465] Encyclopædia Metropolitana; or, Universal Dictionary of Knowledge. London, 1845, 29 volumes. A second edition came out in 1848-1858 in 40 volumes.