LIB. I. 1420. IS 



XVIT. 



Nee minor est libido et aberratio in constituendis 

 axiomatibus, quam in notionibus abstrahendis ; idque 

 in ipsis principiis, quae ab inductione vulgari pendent. 

 At multo major est in axiomatibus, et proposition! bus 

 inferior! bus, qiur educit syllogismus. 



XVIII. 



Quyc adhuc inventa sunt in scientiis, ca luijusmodi 

 sunt, ut notionibus vulgaribus fere subjaceant : ut vcro 

 ad interiora et remotiora naturae penetretur, necesse 

 est ut tarn notiones (juam axiomata inagis certa et 

 munita via a rebus abstrabantur, atque omnino melior 

 et certior intellectus adoperatio in us um veniat. 



XIX. 



Duae viae sunt, atque esse j)ossunt, ad inquirendam 

 et inveniendam veritatem. Altera a sensu et particu- 

 laribus advolat ad axiomata maxime generalia, atque 

 ex iis principiis eorumque immota veritate judicat et 

 invenit axiomata media; atque lure via in nsu est 16 . 

 Altera a sensu et particularibus excitat axiomata, 

 ascendendo continenter et gradatim, ut ultimo loco 

 perveniatur ad maxime generalia; (jure via vera est, 

 sed iutentata. 



XX. 



Eandem ingreditur viam (priorem scilicet) intellectus 

 sibi permissus, quam facit ex ordine dialectics. Gestit 

 enim mens exsilire ad inagis generalia, ut acquiescat I7 ; 



16 Cf. I. 22. and 104. The con- as one of the Instincts of Human 

 trast between the two is drawn out Nature. It shews itself in Morals, 

 in the latter of these Aphorisms. Politics, Religion, as much as in 



17 &quot; ut acquiescat.&quot; This yearn- other subjects, It arises in great 

 ing after an eVio-nj/*);, a something part from our fear of our own Re- 

 definite and conclusive in which to sponsibility, and of the duty of 

 rest, a shrinking from the indefinite, judging for ourselves. It leads in 

 and prayer for a rule, may be counted Physics to hasty dogmatic generali- 



