!38 NOVUM ORGANUM. 



&c. et tainen in omnibus istis fieri non potest, qnin 

 sint alia) notiones aliis paulo meliores, j)rout in sensum 

 linmanum incidit rerum copia 88 . 



LXI. 



At idola tln. dtri innata non snnt, nee occulto insi- 

 nuata in intellectnm ; sod ex fabulis theoriarum 89 , et 

 perversis legibns demonstrationum, plane indita et re- 

 cepta. In his antcni confutationes tentare et suscipere 

 consentaneinn prorsns non est illis, qua 1 a nobis dicta 

 snnt. Quum enini nee de principiis consentiamus, nee 

 de demonstrationibus, tollitur oninis argumentatio. Id 

 vcro bono tit fato, ut antiquis suns constet honos. 

 Niliil enini illis detrahitnr, (jnnni de via omnino qna&amp;gt; 

 stio sit. Clandus enim (ut dieitur) in via, antevertit 

 c lirsorem extra viuin. Etiam illud manifesto liquet, 

 current! extra viain, quo liabilior sit et velocior, co 

 niajorem contingere aberrationem. 



Nostra vero inveniendi scientias ea est ratio, ut non 

 niultuin ingeniorum acumini et robori rclinquatur; sed 

 qua: ingenia et intellectus fere exirquet 1 * . Qucinad- 

 modinn enini ad hoe ut linea recta fiat, ant eireulus 



88 il lleriun copia ;&quot; i. c. accord- for he does not let the Ancients 

 ing to each man s capacity for st-cin^ have much rest ; nor is he even fair 

 facts; i. e. according to the natural in his judgments of them. 



powers of each. ** This has not been verified by 

 It is possible, finally, to use words the progress of the Physical Studies, 

 as mere Logical Symbols, and argue (Cf. infr. I. 122.) See Macau- 

 thence with perfect Logical validity; lay s Essay on liacon. One man s 

 the formal Syllogism cannot in any apprehension of facts, or power of 

 way teach or even test Truth and memory, or critical faculty, or quick- 

 it has no concern with a system of ness in generalization, must exceed 

 Interpreting Nature. For Bacon another s. And far more, one man 

 seeks to define words according to passes another in that &quot; Mental Ini- 

 the Truth of Nature, and for this tiative,&quot; the prerogative of wise 

 the Syllogism is of no use. As to souls, which Bacon, at times, seems 

 the Syllogism see Appendix B. quite to ignore. See Coleridge s 



89 The desire which Bacon has Table -Talk, Sept. 21, 1830, and 

 expressed &quot;ut antiquis suus constet Oct. 8, 1830. 



honos&quot; does not bear much fruit, 



