74 NOVUM ORGANUM. 



matum j)rimoriiin, ad tidem, et veluti sacramentuin 

 euilibet arti pnrstaudum, notissimo response rojicit. 



Rcstat experientia niera&quot; 2 : qiuv, si occnrrat, casus ; 

 si qiuvsita sit, experimentum nomiiiatur. Hoc auteni 

 experientia 1 genus nihil aliud est, (juain (quod aiunt) 

 scopa- dissoluta 1 &quot; 1 , et niera palpatio, (juali homines 

 iioctu utuntiir, oinnia ])ertentaudo, si forte in rectam 

 viain incidere detur; quibus inulto satins et eonsultins 

 foret, diem privstolari, aut liuneu accendere, et dein- 

 ceps viani inire. At contra, verus experientia 1 ordo 

 primo lumen accrndit, delude per lumen iter deinon- 

 strat, incipiendo alt e\|&amp;gt;erientia ordinata et digesta, et 

 ininiine pnrpostera 4 aut erratica, atqne ex ea educendo 

 axiomata, atqne ex axiomatibus constitutis rursus cx- 

 perimonta nova. (|iium nee verbnin divinmn in rernm 

 niassam absquo online o]&amp;gt;eratuin sit. 



Tta&amp;lt;|ne desinant homines mirari, si spatium scientia- 

 nim 11011 conf ectnm sit, cum a via onmino aberraverint; 

 relicta prorsns et deserta experientia, ant in ipsa (tan- 

 (jiiam in labyrintlio) se intricando, ct circumcursando ; 

 cum rite institntns ordo per exj&amp;gt;erientia sylvas 7 ad 

 a]&amp;gt;erta axiomatnm tramite constant! ducat. 



72 (3) This error, of disorderly ex- vidi Minturnis non hominem scd 

 ])criencc, jiroljal^ly i j&amp;gt;ut here as scopu* i/issn/nlns,&quot; Ad Att. 7. 13. It 

 airaiii^t Aristotle s collections of is used of any one or any thing vain 

 facts in Natural History, lint if we or futile. Here of experiments heap- 

 take Bacon s Sylva Sylvaruiu as a ed together without any order, just 

 specimen of his style of collection, like the twigs of an unbound besom, 

 what order is there even in his own Cf. I. 101, 102. It probably is an 

 catalogues ? allusion to/Esop s fable of the bundle 



73 &quot; scopapdissoluta?.&quot; The trans- of sticks. 



lators have missed the meaning ~ 4 &quot; pr;rpostera&quot; va-rt pov nport pov, 

 here. One translates but what it i. e. making up one s mind first, and 

 means is a mystery &quot; shooting at finding examples to suit afterwards, 

 rovers.&quot; Wood has &quot;a loose 76 Bacon is fond of this Metaphor, 

 fagot:&quot; which, though not wrong, It is only partly good. The tangle- 

 is not explicit. It is a proverb Ci- wood and thick trees of pathless expe- 

 cero uses it of Caesar, &quot; L. Caesarem rience unarranged so far all well : 



