70 NOVUM ORGANUM. 



nacta sit; nisi forte quis nionachi alicujus in cellula, 

 nut nobilis in villula lucubrantis, exemplum adduxe- 

 rit (i/; : sed i acta ost demum naturalis pliilosophia instar 

 transitus cujusdam et pontisternii ad alia. 



Atijuo magna ista sciontiarum mater mira indigni- 

 tate ad oflicia anrilhr detrusa est ; qua 1 mediciiuv aut 

 mathematices operibns ministret, et rursus qua? ado- 

 lescentium iinniatura ingenia lavet et inibuat velut 

 tinctura quadam priina, ut aliam }&amp;gt;ostea i elicius et com- 

 modius exci])iant. Interim nemo cxpcctet magnum 

 prooTosum in scientiis, (pnvscrtim in ]&amp;gt;arte earum opc- 

 rativa) nisi philosophia naturalis ad scientias particu- 

 lares produeta fuerit. et scientia 1 particulares rursus ad 

 naturalem philosophiam reducta 1 . I line enim fit, lit 

 astroiKjmia, optica. musica, plurinur artes mechanica% 

 at(|iie ipsa medicina. atcjue ((juod (jiiis niagis miretur) 

 pliilosophia moralis et civilis, et seienthv logica 1 , nil 

 fere habeant altitudinis in j)rofundo ; sed |&amp;gt;er su})cr- 

 fifiem et varietatem rerum tantum lal)antur : cjuia 

 postquam particulares ist;r seientia 1 dispertitnc et con- 

 stituta 1 fuerint, a pliilosophia naturali non amplius 

 aluntur; (jiuv ex fontibus et veris contemplationibus 

 motuuni, radiorum, sonorum, texturn-, et schematism] 

 cor])orum, arlectuum, et prehensionum intellectualium, 

 novas vires et augmenta illis ini])ertiri potuerit &quot;. Ita- 



This Monk in his cell doubt- shewing that he considered the 



less refers to Roger Bacon in his causes of moral good and evil to be 



study at Oxford ; see Palgrave, material. But there is no ground 



Merchant and Friar : and the Noble whatever for this. Our affections &c. 



in his Villa is probably Descartes. must act in a material body, and so, 



6 7 For this dependence of our to a certain extent, have physical 



knowledge in Morals and Logic as phenomena; and, therefore, so far 



well as Mechanics, or Mathematics, are under the head of Natural Phi- 



on Natural Philosophy, see infr. I. losophy : but there is nothing to 



127. This is one of the Aphorisms shew that Bacon meant more than 



which seem to favour the doctrine this. The materialist system of Mo- 



that Bacon was a &quot; Positivist;&quot; as rals and habits is well attacked by 



