1. The Alphabet, signifying the Principles and Rules
of this Art
2. The Definitions of the Principles of this Art
3. The Rules or Questions, and the species of the Rules.
4. The Figures First SecondThirdFourth
5. The Table
6. The mixture of Principles and Rules, clarifying the conclusions of this science.
7. The application of implicit or external terms, to the explicit terms of this Art.
8. The Nine Subjects, in which all things are contained.
9. The Questions applied to the Subjects.
B. stands for Goodness, Difference, "Whether?" or possibility.
C. stands for Greatness, Concordance, "What?" or definition.
D. stands for Duration, Contrariety, "Of what?" or materiality.
E. stands for Power, Beginning, "Why?" or formality.
F. stands for Wisdom, Middle , "How much?", or quantity.
G. stands for Will, End, "Of what quality?", or quality.
H. stands for Virtue, Majority, "When?", or time.
I. stands for Truth, Equality, "Where?", or place.
K. stands for Glory, Minority, "How?", and "With what?",or modality and instrumentality.
And the said letters merely stand for this, and nothing else, in this present Art. And thus there are 18 Principles and 10 Rules that these letters are made to stand for, in which this entire Science is contained, for in them the knowledge of GOD and of the universe are naturally implied.
2. The Second Question: "What is this?"
The second question asks: "What is this?", and it has 4 species, 1. The first species seeks a definition, and is answered by giving a definition of the thing inquired about. 2. The second species seeks to know the constituents, or correlative parts of a thing, and it is answered by giving the correlatives, or the constitution of this thing. 3. The third species is passive, or informed, and it is answered by naming the passive, or the informed aspects of the matter. 4. The fourth species is active, or informing, and its answer is given by stating the activity, form, or act of the thing inquired about.
3. The Third Question: "Of what?"
The third question is: "Of what?" as it asks: "What is this thing of?" and it has three species. 1. The first species is primary, and inquires into the primary origin of the thing, and it is answered by stating the primary quality of the thing in question. 2. The second species is derivative, and it is answered by stating the correlative parts of the thing, namely the parts it is derived from, if it has any. 3. The third species is possessive, as it asks about ownership, or about what, or whom the thing belongs to, and it is answered by indicating who or what it is owned by.
4. The Fourth Question: "Why?"
The fourth question is "Why?", and has two species. 1. The first species is formal, and it is answered by stating the form as well as the matter of the thing in question. 2. The second species is final, and is answered by stating the final purpose of this thing.
5.The Fifth Question: "How much?"
The fifth question asks: "How much?", and has two species, 1. The first species is continuous, and is answered by giving the continuous quantity of the thing in question. 2. The second species is discrete, and it is answered by stating the discrete quantity of this thing.
6. The Sixth Question: "What quality?"
The sixth question asks about the quality of a thing, and it has two species: 1. The first is proper, and is answered by stating the proper quality of the thing in question. 2. The second is appropriated, and is answered by stating the appropriated qualities of this thing.
7. The Seventh Question: "When?"
The seventh question asks "When?" , and has 15 species, 4 of which are drawn from the rule:"What?", and 3 from the rule "Of what?", and 4 from the rule "How?", and 4 from the rule "With what?", by reducing all these to the question "When?" , and the answers to these are given through a sequential reduction to the said solutions.
8. The Eighth Question: "Where?"
The eighth question asks: "Where?", and has the same 15 species reduced to "Where?", which are likewise answered through a reduction to "Where?".
9. The Ninth Question: "How?"
The ninth question asks "How?", and it has 4 species, namely: 1. "How does this part exist as a part?" And the answer to this is: "through difference". 2. "How does this part fit into other parts?" And the answer is: "through concordance". 3. "How do the parts exist in the whole, and the whole in its parts?" And the answer is : "through difference and concordance". 4. "How does the whole transmit its likeness outside of itself?" And the answer is: "through the way that it has with its own correlatives, with which it draws extraneous species from outside of itself, and which it characterizes and informs with its active correlative in its passive correlative, thus transmitting its own likeness outside of itself."
10. The Tenth Question: "With what?"
The tenth rule or question asks "With what?" And it has 4 species like the one just preceding, and the answer is likewise given through a reduction of these to "With what?".