40 NOVUM ORGANUM. 



veris concinniorcs sint et elegantiores, et quales quis 

 magis vellet. 



In genere autem, in materiam philosophic sumitnr 

 aut multum ex paucis, aut partim ex multis ; ut utrin- 

 que philosophia super experientire et naturalis historic 

 nimis angnstam basin funclata sit, atque ex paucioribus, 

 quam par est, pronunciet. Rationale 112 enim genus 

 philosophantium ex experientia arripiunt varia et vul- 

 garia, eaque neque certo comperta, nee diligenter exa- 

 minata et pensitata; reliqua in meditatione atque inge- 

 nii agitatione ponunt. 



Est et aliud genus philosophantium 9;i , qui in paucis 

 experiments sedulo et accurate elaborarunt, atque hide 

 philosophias educere et confingere ausi sunt; reliqua 

 miris modis ad ea detorquentes. 



Est et tertium genus eoruni ! &quot;, qui theologiam et 

 traditiones ex fide et venerationc ininiiscent ; inter 

 quos vanitas nonnullorum, ad petendas et derivandas 

 scientias, a spiritibus scilicet et geniis, deflexit; ita ut 

 stirps errorum, et pliilosopliia falsa, genere triplex sit: 

 snpliistica, empirica, cf superstitiosa. 



LXIII. 



Prinii generis exemplum in Aristotele maxime con- 

 spicuum est, qui j)hiloso])hiam naturalcm dialectica sua 

 corrupit 1 &quot; ; quum niunduni ex categoriis effecerit ; 



12 &quot; Rationale;&quot; that of those not clear, but we have it from Raw- 



who appeal solely to and trust in ley, that Bacon began to dislike Ari- 



the Reason, without considering its stotle at the age of 16 : &quot; Not for 



relations to the external world, or the worthlessness of the Author, to 



consulting facts : cf. infr. I. 63. whom he could ascribe all high at- 



)3 Cf. infr. I. 64. tributes, but for the unfruitfulness 



4 Cf. infr. I. 65. of the way being a Philosopher 



95 Here follows the attack on Ari- only strong for disputations and 



stotle, which is foreshadowed in I. contentions, but barren of the pro- 



54. What his opinion might have duction of work for the life of man.&quot; 



been worth at so tender an age, is No man who set before himself that 



