On the Knowledge of God and of Oneself

Name: On the Knowledge of God and of Oneself
Author: Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

This book is in French.

A philosophical treatise composed for the education of the Dauphin: the soul, the body, their union, then God, creator of both, and the difference between man and beast. Preceded by the letter to Pope Innocent XI on the Dauphin’s studies. Written around 1677-78 and published in 1722. Lachat edition (1864).

Source: Typed transcription of volume XXIII, pages 001-007. The transcription loses the œ ligature; it is restored by a dictionary pass (ambiguous forms such as sœur/sur, mœurs/murs, vœu/vu decided from the Lachat OCR). Page-bottom notes of the Lachat edition are kept as footnotes.