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(b. London, May 15th, 1758; d. Walworth, November 1st, 1835). “Elements of a New Method of Reasoning on Geometry” (1780); “A Dissertation on the Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries” (1791); “Dissertation on Nullities and Diverging Series” (1801); “The Elements of the True Arithmetic of Infinities” (1809); “The Arguments of the Emperor Julian against the Christians” (1809); “A “Dissertation on the Philosophy of Aristotle” (1812); “The Elements of a New Arithmetical Notation” (1823); “History of the Restoration of Platonic Theology,” “Theoretic Arithmetic,” and various Translations of Apuleius, Aristotle, Hierocles, Iamblicus, Julian, Maximus Tyrius, Pausanias, Plato, Plotinus, Porphyry, Sallust, and other ancient authors. For Biography, see the Athenæum (1835), Knight’s “Penny Cyclopædia,” Barker’s “Literary Anecdotes,” and “Public Characters” (1788–9).
