viii INTRODUCTION. 



remembered by those who criticise the Method of the philoso 

 pher, that of that Method only a very small part has been 

 laid before us. The Novum Organon, then, is instrumental, 

 and puts into men s hands the means by which they may suc 

 cessfully appeal to Nature. 



(3). The third division, which he entitled &quot; Phenomena 

 Universi,&quot; was intended to be a vast collection of observed 

 facts, and of results of experiments, with a view to the building 

 up of a new Philosophy. These were to be gathered by the 

 industry of men ; and to be sorted and sifted by the Method 

 or Instrument provided. 



(4). The fourth part of the Installation, called the &quot; Scala 

 Intellcctus,&quot; seems to have been intended for the preservation, 

 in the exact order of their discovery, of some of the most 

 striking of the results of the new Method : illustrations, in 

 fact, of those chapters in the Nov. Org. (I. 100 105.) which 

 point out the ascending and descending character of the Baco 

 nian Induction. 



(5). Next was to follow a specimen of that new philosophy, to 

 which all was to be introductory, and which was to crown the 

 whole. &quot; Prodromi sive Anticipationcs Philosophia} secunda).&quot; 

 These seem to have been intended partly to prepare the mind 

 for the new Philosophy, so that men should not be entirely 

 dazzled when that so bright light broke upon them ; and 

 partly, &quot; tanquam foenus, usque dum sors haberi possit&quot; (I)is- 

 trib. Operis), to be a pledge of results, and to console the 

 eagerness of mankind; lest weary with so long preparation, 

 and desiring the comforts and &quot; fruit&quot; of civil life, they should 

 abandon the new way, and walk on contentedly in the narrow 

 never altering limits of the old paths. 



(6). And lastly, we have the &quot; Philosophia secunda, sive 

 Scientia activa ;&quot; a complete system of Philosophy ; an Ency- 

 clopaxlia of all knowledge, duly arranged ; in fact, a summary 

 of all that the Sciences have done or can do towards enlarging 

 the limits of man s Knowledge or his Power. This last branch, 



