44 NOVUM ORGAN UM. 



propter prrcmaturam et praproperam intollcctus festi- 

 nationcm, et saltnm, sivc volatum ad gcncralia , ct 

 rerum principia, fore, tit magnum ab hujnsmodi phi- 

 losopliiis periculum immincat ; cui inalo etiam nunc 

 obviam ire debemus. 



LXV. 



At corruptio philosophise ex superstitionc 9 , et tlieo- 

 logia admista, latins omnino patet, et plurimum mali 

 infert, ant in philosopbias integras, ant in earum partes. 

 Ilnmanns enim intellectus non minus impressionibus 

 phantasiae est obnoxins, qnam impreasionibus vulga- 

 rinm notionum. Pugnax enim genus philosophise et 

 snphisticum ill:i(|iieat intellectnm : at illnd alternm 

 phantasticum, et tumidnm, et quasi poetioum, magis 

 blanditur intellectui &quot;. Inest enim liomini qiurdam in- 

 tellectus ambitio, non minor quam voluntatis ; pra^ser- 

 tim in ingeniis altis et elevatis 1(l . 



IIujus antem generis exemplum inter Gnveos illn- 



This apprehension is daily being unto Caesar&quot; &c. But cf. infr. 1.89. 



verified in Quack Medicines, or in and Appendix ( . 



the theories of Phrenology, Electro- ;i This is levelled against the ima- 



biology, &c. ginative writings of Plato, who dis- 



It is an evil akin to that under liked strict Physics, and of whose 

 Idola Tribus, I. 4;,, 46. And Tim.rus Bacon seems to be think- 

 this &quot; pra-propera festinatio et sal- ing. The rii/a/ji/ijo-ir, and the doc- 

 tus&quot; should be compared with Ba- trine of absolute Ideas (if we inter- 

 con s statement of his own Method pret them rightly), must stand in 

 infra, I. 104 106. the way of sound Physical know- 



8 One of the passages cited as ledge. Their poetic value Bacon of 



proving Bacon s infidelity. We must course allowed, though he qualifies 



recollect that he is speaking of his observations with the epithet 



&quot; Scientia Humana,&quot; and that deli- &quot; tumidum.&quot; 



berations on the Nature of Angels 10 Ambition &quot; the last weakness 



and other supra-sensible subjects of a noble soul,&quot; and this both in 



had quite vitiated the Physics of the Intellect and Will. That of the Will 



Schoolmen. Bacon here wishes, not leads to Tyrannies ; that of the Intel- 



to thrust out the Faith, but to keep lect to perilous ground and unbelief, 



each thing in its right place, as he or to that searching out of things 



shews by alluding at the end of this unattainable, which Bacon here con- 



Aph. to Matth. xxii. 21. &quot; Render demns. 



