SIR WILLIAM JONES'S PLAN OF STUDY.
Some idea of the acquirements of the resolute industry with which Jones pursued his studies may be formed from the following memorandum:—
"Resolved to learn no more rudiments of any kind, but to perfect myself in—first, twelve languages, as the means of acquiring accurate knowledge of
I. History.
1. Man 2. Nature.
II. Arts.
1. Rhetoric. 2. Poetry. 3. Painting. 4. Music.
III. Sciences.
1. Law. 2. Mathematics. 3. Dialectics.
"N.B. Every species of human knowledge may be reduced to one or other of these divisions. Even law belongs partly to the history of man, partly as a science to dialectics. The twelve languages are Greek, Latin, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, German, English.—1780."