8 NO V I M OKGANUM. 



iiitelligit quantum tie nature online re vel mente^ ob- 

 servaverit : nee ainplius srit, aut potest. 



n. 



Nee maims nnda, nee intellectus sibi pennissns, 

 innltiini valet 1 ; instrumentis et auxiliis res perfieitnr ; 

 quibus opus est, 11011 minus ad intellectuni, (jiuim ad 

 inanuni. Atque ut instniinenta maims motnm aut 

 eient ant rebuilt ; ita et instniinenta mentis intellectui 

 aut suiru ernnt ant cavrnt. 



and ordinary arts of Power. Cf. 

 Mill s Logic, chap. xxv. 2. Trench 

 on Miracles, chip. ii. As to the 

 limits of Man s knowledge, we seem 

 no\v to he mostly agreed to take the 

 humbler view which denies that we 

 ever can really attain to the know 

 ledge of causes. For what Bacon 

 himself thought as to this, \\e must. 

 refer to II. i 20. Dugald Stewart, 

 who states the case for Man s limited 

 knowledge most definitely and with 

 most authority, says, &quot; In calling 

 Man Natura- Interpret Bacon had 

 plainly the same idea of the object 

 of Physics which 1 attempted to con 

 vey when I said that what are com 

 monly called the causes of Pheno 

 mena are only their established (iiiti-- 

 cedents or siyns. He has also gone 

 into the subject fully in his Philo 

 sophy of the Unman Mind. ch. i. 

 sect. 2, and note C (upon the same 

 chapter and section). The best 

 Commentary on these first Apho 

 risms is the opening of Bk. ii, where 

 these are expanded and illustrated. 

 They contain the object of the whole 

 work: &quot; veritas et utilitas&quot; (1.124) 

 are his aim correct and increased 

 knowledge, and an expanded field for 

 practice. Cf. also Hallarn Lit. of 

 Eur. Part iii. ch. III. 62. 

 3 For &quot; re&quot; the &quot; Distributio&quot; 



read- &quot; opera,&quot; shewing that the 

 distinction is between our observa 

 tion of things, facts, effects in the 

 I &quot;inverse, and our mental operations 

 on them: &quot;re&quot; by observation, 

 &quot; mente&quot; by contemplation. This 

 Aph. has been usually spoiled in 

 translations, llallam has given it 

 correctly. Lit. Lnr. ubi supra. 



This feebleness, arising from 

 want of instrumental aids, is treated 

 of more at length in the Preface. 

 In fact these first few Aphorisms 

 pass over much the same ground. 

 The objects of all Instruments are 

 twofuld, positive and negative, to 

 incite, or to regulate. The 1st Book 

 of the Nov. Org. being the &quot;Pars 

 opens destruens&quot; is almost entirely 

 regulative, points out errors, and 

 removes them; &quot; Intellectui cavet.&quot; 

 The 2nd Book is constructive; &quot;In 

 tellectui suggerit.&quot; An analogous 

 Organon, Bacon holds, (I. 127), 

 might be applied to other subjects, 

 and so in Morals our Apparatus 

 (Education, Law, &c.j are properly 

 intended to regulate the Appetites 

 and Feelings, and to stimulate the 

 Intellectual part of man. So too 

 in Politics. For the way in which 

 Bacon regards the Nov. Org. as in 

 strumental, cf. I. 127. II. 52. 



