LIB. 1.51-54. 31 



mutismi, atque actus purus 68 , et lex actus sive niotus ; 

 forma? eniin commenta animi human! sunt, nisi libcat 

 leges illas actus form as appellare 69 . 



LIT. 



Hujusmodi itaque sunt idola, qua? vocamus idola tri- 

 bns ; quae orturn habent aut ex eequalitate substantial 

 spiritus humani ; aut ex praeoccupatione ejus ; aut ab 

 angustiis ejus; aut ab inquieto motu ejus; aut ab 

 infusione affectuum ; aut ab incompetentia sensuuni ; 

 aut ab impressionis modo. 



LIIT. 



Idola spccus ortinn habent ex propria cujusque natura 

 et aniini et corporis ; atque etiam ex educatione, et 

 consnetudine, et fortuitis. Quod genus, licet sit varium 

 et multiplex, tamen ea proponemus, in quibus maxima 

 cautio est, quaeque plurimum valent ad polluendum 

 intellectum, ne sit purus. 



LIV. 



Adamant homines scientias et oontemplationes par- 

 ticulares ; aut quia auctores et inventores se earum 

 credunt ; aut quia plurimum in illis opera? posuerunt, 

 iis([ue maxiine assueverunt. Hujusmodi vero homines, 



68 &quot;Actus purus.&quot; Action or pro- mena (in other words the results of 



gress of any body regarded in and Induction stated summarily) when 



by itself, as if one should watch the reduced to their simplest expres- 



growth of a plant. In all this one sion. Thus the Law of Gravity, 



sees how Bacon hated the old Di- that &quot; Force varies inversely as the 



chotomies, and longed for the Analy- i 



sis of Modern Chemistry: for this 8( l uare f the Distance ^ FcC D^ 



is what is meant by &quot; naturam se- is a statement of Fact, not a &quot;Formal 



care.&quot; Cause.&quot; But whether by &quot; Leges 



6I) Forma; or &quot;leges actus:&quot; cf. Actus&quot; Bacon meant Laws of Na 

 il, i, &c., and Adv. of Learning, ture is not quite clear. What he 

 p. 139. For &quot; Laws of Nature&quot; see opposes is clear enough, the Platonic 

 Mill s Logic, Bk. III. ch. iv. These ^copto-ra ( i8rj, the Architypal Forms 

 are not. &quot;Forms&quot; in the Baconian independent of Matter. Cf. I). Stew- 

 sense, but only the uniformities art s Phil, of Human Mind, part II. 

 which exist among natural Pheno- ch. ii. .4. 



