:i() NOVl M ORGANUM. 



corporibus tangibilibus inclusoruni latet, ct homines 

 fugit. Oinnis etiam subtilior meta-schematismus in 

 partibus rerum crassiorum (quam vulgo alterationcm 



vocant, cum sit revera latio per minima 1 ) latct simi- 

 litcr: ct tamcn nisi duo ista, qua* diximus, explorata 

 I ucrint ct in hit cni prodncta, niliil magiii fieri ])otcst 

 in natura quoad o])cra. Uursus ipsa natnra aijris com- 

 luunis ct corporum omnium, &amp;lt;|iu^ ac rcin tcmiitatc 

 supcrant, (qua 1 plurima Mint) l crc&amp;gt; incognita cst * . Scn- 

 sns c liiin j )..! sc rc&amp;gt; iiifinna cst. ct abcrrans: ncqiic 

 organa ad ainjililicandos sciisus ant aeuendos multuni 

 valcnt : scd oiimis vcrior intcrpretatio natura- conlici- 

 tnr ]&amp;gt;cr instantias, ct expcrimenta idoni\i ct a]&amp;gt;po^ita; 

 ul)i SLMIMIS dc cxperimonto tantuin, cxpcriincnttini dc 

 natura ( ( t re ipsa judicat. 



LI. 



Intelloctus liunianus fcrtur ad abstracta ])n&amp;gt;ptcr na- 

 turain propriam ; atque ca, (pia 1 lluxa sunt, fiugit cssc 

 constantia. McliiH autcni cst naturain sccarc, (jiiam 

 abstrahcro; id &amp;lt;|uod Demorriti scliola fecit, (pur niagis 

 penetravit in naturam, (piam rclitpue &quot;. Materia potius 

 considerari dchet. ct cjus schematism! , ct mota-schc- 



I liis Aphorism contains the germ would lie, I suppose, Leucippus 



of those in Hk. II. (2 7.), which alone. Bacon in hN liking for the 



descrihe Latent Process and Struc- Pliilosoj.hers before Plato evidently 



t*&quot; * 1 . overrates their value. He seems to 



&quot; Latio per minima.&quot; The think that Democritus with his 



language afterwards used in the Atoms made more way into the 



Calculus. knowledge of Things than the dog- 



6 &quot; Here is a longing after Modern matic Philosophers who &quot;abstract- 

 Chemistry, whose grand discoveries ed&quot; instead of &quot; dissecting&quot; nature. 

 Bacon would have so rejoiced to lie thought that the Atomic system 

 see &quot; qua ac rem tenuitate supe- approached more nearly to a disco- 

 rant&quot; such as various gases, elcc- very of structure and change of 

 tricity, light, &c. structure. That however he did riot 



07 Democritus of Abdera fiou- entirely approve of them is visible 



rished at the time of the Peloponne- from infra I. 57. 

 sian War (B.C. 431 V His school 



