"And as those fruits which grow from the most generous and mature stock, in the choicest soil, and with the best culture, are most esteemed; even so ought we not to think, those sublime truths which are the fruits of mature thought, and have been rationally deduced by men of the best and most improved understandings, to be the choicest productions of the rational nature of man?"
Alciphron: or the Minute Philosopher
 At least 9 entries in ESTC (1732, 1752, 1755, 1757, 1767).<br>
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<u>Alciphron: or, the Minute Philosopher. In Seven Dialogues. Containing an Apology for the Christian Religion, Against Those Who Are Called Free-Thinkers.</u> (Dublin: Printed for G. Risk, G. Ewing, and W. Smith, 1732). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004854093.0001.001">Link to Vol. I in ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004854093.0001.002">Vol. II</a>&gt;<br>
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See also <u>Alciphron: or the Minute Philosopher</u> (London: J. Tonson, 1732). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=CCIJAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;<br>
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