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XOVUM ORGANUM. 



cus. mathematicus, medicus, alchemista, et magus; se&amp;lt;l 

 omnes (ut mine siint res) eonatu levi. succcssu teiuii. 



\\. 



liisaiiinn quiddam esset, et in so contrariuni, existi- 

 mare ea, qua* adliuc nunquam faeta suiit. Heri posse, 

 nisi per niodos adlmo nunquam tentatos. 



\ II. 



Generationes mentis et inaiius numerosa^ admodum 

 videntur in libris et opifieiis. Sod oiiinis ista varietas 

 sita est in subtilitate e\imi;i, et derivationibus pauca- 

 rum rerun). qn;r innotuerunt ; non in numero axio- 



matuni . 



VIII. 



Etiam opera, qiur jam inventa sunt, casui debentur 

 ct experientioe, magis qtiam scientiis 10 : scientiae enim, 

 quas mine liabrmus, niliil aliud sunt quam qtiaedam 



Rcl. Med. i. 31. gives some account 

 of it ; which is worth consulting as 

 it gives the views of a Physician and 

 contemporary of Bacon. Cf. also I)e 

 Augm. Sc. iii. 5. and Adv. of Learn 

 ing Bk. ii. Mechanics, Alchemy 

 and Magic, arc treated of more at 

 length infra I.Nf,. Bacon s remarks 

 are however true enough of the ordi 

 nary state of these subjects in his day. 

 9 Cf. Adv. of Learning, BkA 

 on Contentious Learning, also infr. 

 I. 8,5. 106. There is a tendency here 

 too (which runs throughout Bacon s 

 writings) to underrate. Maurice says 

 of him that &quot; one of his chief faults 

 was his failing in the reverence due 

 to his great predecessors ;&quot; and this 

 will appear more as we go on. Here 

 lie seems to ignore the growth of the 

 Fine Arts, Architecture and Paint 

 ing especially. But these he may 

 possibly have passed by intention 

 ally as having little to do (though 



could this be truer) with that 

 &quot; Truth and Utility&quot; he was aiming 

 at. It is remarkable that in A ph. 85 

 he takes no notice of the Fine Arts, 

 even under the head of &quot; Artcs Li- 

 berales.&quot; But then, one might say, 

 what else was to be expected from 

 one who (De Augm. iv.) can class 

 Painting and Music among low 

 &quot; Artes Yoluptuaria .&quot; See Hallam 

 Lit. Eur. II. iii. i. 48. 



For the term Axiom see Appen 

 dix A. 



1(1 This was in Bacon s day for 

 the most part true of Physics, 

 though not at all so of either Ma 

 thematics or the Fine Arts. And 

 Bacon professes here to be treating 

 (it is presumed) of the whole circle 

 of Human Knowledge. 



For TV-^TI and cpirfipia and their 

 difference from and connection with 

 f7riarr]fj.rj see Aristotle Eth.Nic. vi-4. 

 Metaph. I. i. 



