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the question &quot; utrum primus homo habuerit scientiam omnem,&quot; after 

 stating objections alleged against the affirmative opinion, thus com 

 mences his refutation of them. &quot; Sed contra est quod ipse imposuit 

 nomina animalibus, ut dicitur Gen. 2. Nomina autem debent naturis 

 rerum congruere ; Ergo Adam scivit naturas omnium animalium, et pari 

 ratione habuit omnium aliorum scientiam. &quot; Comp. also the treatise 

 Of the Interpretation of Nature (Works, iii. 219, ed. Spedding and 

 Ellis) : For behold it was not that pure light of natural knowledge, 

 whereby man in paradise was able to give unto every living creature 

 a name according to his propriety, which gave occasion to the fall; 

 but it was an aspiring desire to attain to that part of moral knowledge 

 which defineth of good and evil, whereby to dispute God s command 

 ments and not to depend upon the revelation of his will, which was the 

 original temptation. [33] Gen. ii. 19, 20. 



P. 6. [n] Eccl. i. 8. [13 &c.j Comp. Of the Interpretation of 

 Nature, p. 220. [18, 31] Eccl. iii. n. 



p. 7 . [6] he doth in another place rule over: Lat. satis dare alibi 

 docet. [7] Prov. xx. 27. [12 &c.] Comp. Of the Interpretation of 

 Nature (Works, vol. iii. p. 222). [19] i Cor. viii. i. [2 1] i Cor. xiii. i. 

 [31] Col. ii. 8. 



P. 8. [12] Eccl. ii. 13, 14. [15] roundeth about: Lat. oberral. [20] 

 Comp. Plato, Theset. i. p. 155 d; Arist. Metaph. i. 2. Hesiod (Theog. 

 780) makes Iris the daughter of Thaumas. [26] Heraclitus the pro 

 found: Lat. Heraclitus tile obscurus. [27] avyfi rjpr) fvxn oo^tarar^ 

 Kardi TOV HpaK\eiTov ZoiKev. Plut. De Esu Carnium, i. 6. 4. Schow 

 conjectured that 0677) T;PT) ipvxb aoQcardTr) was a corruption of OUT? 

 ifn&amp;gt;x% ao^cararr) : frpfi having been in the first instance a gloss upon 

 avr) and afterwards adopted into the text ; a change which necessitated 

 the further alteration of avij to av-ffj to make sense. Stobseus, ed. 

 Gaisford, v. 1 20. The proverb is again quoted by Bacon, Ess. xxvi. p. 

 112: Heraclitus saith well, in one of his oenigmaes ; Dry light is ever 

 the best. And certaine it is, that the light, that a man receiveth, by 

 counsell from another, is drier, and purer, then that which com- 

 meth from his owne understanding, and iudgement; which is ever 

 infused and drenched in his affections and customes. Comp. Apoph. 

 268; Adv. of Learning, p. 149, 1. 3. [31] P- 9- L 11 ! Compare the 

 corresponding passage Of the Interpretation of Nature, p. 218. 



P- 9- [5. 6 ] broken knowledge : contemplation broken off, or losing 

 itself. Of the Interpretation of Nature, p. 218. [6] one of Plato s 

 school: Philo Judseus, De Somniis, p. 577 E. (ed. Turnebus, Franc. 

 1691). [7] Comp. Apoph. 1 20. [14] A reference to the fable of 

 Icarus. [15 &c.] Comp. Of the Interpretation of Nature, p. 219. 

 [20] Job xiii. 7, 9. [26 &c.] Comp. Ess. xvi. p. 64: It is true, that 

 a little philosophy inclineth mans minde to Atheisme; but depth in 



