Project Gutenberg 2012-11-03 Public domain in the USA. 74 Fovargue, Stephen 1775 A New Catalogue of Vulgar Errors Intended as a supplement to Sir Thomas Browne's Pseudodoxia epidemica. Produced by Steven Gibbs, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "A New Catalogue of Vulgar Errors" by Stephen Fovargue is a collection of philosophical reflections and corrections on commonly held misconceptions, written in the mid-18th century. The work primarily addresses various misunderstandings and erroneous beliefs prevalent in society, aiming to clarify and educate readers on a range of topics from natural philosophy to practical life, emphasizing the importance of reason and knowledge. The opening of the book presents a preface in which the author articulates his intent to illuminate the confusion caused by widespread errors, urging readers not to be offended by his candid observations. Fovargue discusses the disconnect between appearances and reality, exemplifying this through anecdotal evidence and rigorous reasoning. He introduces the notion that gaining knowledge can dispel ignorance and enlighten the mind, setting the stage for a thorough exploration of specific errors that will follow in the subsequent chapters. The initial segments already hint at various topics that will be dissected, including misconceptions about firearms, bird behaviors, and musical instruments, suggesting a blend of informative narrative and engaging discourse. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Folklore -- Great Britain Common fallacies AZ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society 246875 246885 2024-09-17T10:40:03.932605 2023-09-18T05:43:51.795571 text/html text/html 246850 2012-11-02T19:45:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 121925 2012-11-02T19:46:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 187871 2024-09-17T10:40:10.142604 application/epub+zip 188639 2024-09-17T10:40:05.661613 application/epub+zip 151603 2024-09-17T10:40:04.591616 application/epub+zip 327567 2024-09-17T10:40:13.262599 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 303390 2024-09-17T10:40:09.276609 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 263294 2022-09-18T19:52:30.594157 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 209916 209818 2024-09-17T10:40:03.417605 2023-09-18T05:43:51.330547 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 209720 2012-11-02T19:45:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 77941 2012-11-02T19:46:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 209741 2012-11-02T19:46:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 77876 2012-11-02T19:46:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19620 2024-09-17T10:40:13.400557 application/rdf+xml 14252 2024-09-17T10:40:04.958597 image/jpeg 3397 2024-09-17T10:40:04.777614 image/jpeg 181933 2024-09-17T10:40:03.956624 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog