90 NOYTM ORGANUM. 



tiones, fluxus ct reiluxus 5 ; cum aliis temporibus cres- 

 cant et rloreaut, aliis decliueut ot jaceant : ita tamen, 

 ut cum ad certum quendam gradum ct statum perve- 

 iicriut, nil ultcrius possint. 



Itaque si (juis inajora civdat aut spondeat, id putaut 

 cssc cujusdaui impoteutis ct iniiuaturi aniini ; atquc 

 liujusmodi couatus iuitia scilicet hcta, media ardua, 

 extrenia confusa habcre. Atque cum liujusmodi coo-i- 

 tationos ctt 1 sint, qua iu virus graves ct judicio prac- 

 stantes facile cadaut ; curaudum revera est, ne rei 

 optima 1 et pulclterrimoe amore capti severitatcm judicii 

 rclaxemus, aut miuuamus ; ct sedulo videiidum, (jiiid 

 spei alVulgeat, et ex qua partc se ostendat ; atque auris 

 leviorihus spei rejectis. ea-, ([iur ])lus firmitudiuis lia- 

 l)cre videutur, omiiiuo discutieiida 1 suut ct pensitaiula?. 

 Quiuetiam jirudeutia civilis ad cousilium vocauda est 

 ct adhibenda, ([iia- ex pr;rscrijto diilidit, et dc rebus 

 bumauis in deterius coujicit 1 . Itacme jam et de spc 

 diccndum est ; pnvsertim cum uos promissores mm 

 simns, ncc vim aut iusidias bomiuum judiciis faciamus 

 aut struamus, sed homines manu et spontc ducamus. 

 Atquc licet longe ])oteutissimum i uturum sit remedium 

 ad spent imprimeudam, quando homines ad particu- 

 laria, ])ra i sertim in tabulis nostris invcniendi digcsta ct 



ft In all social affairs there is but under this law; as are their kin, 



little absolute progress ; for each Political questions. 

 gain is but a narrow balance won This is like the principle which 



by the good from the evil. Hut in Hutler makes use of for action in 



Physical Sciences this now scarcely contingencies. So Aristotle s Ilhet. 



holds good, since the &quot; Literata II. 13, sketches the character of old 



experientia&quot; has made the know- men : 8ia yap TO rroXXo err] ft(ftiu&amp;gt;- 



ledge of each age remain to assist xtvai KG\ TrAei co f^tmarricrdai KOI 



the next. So too in modern Ma- i]/j.ni&amp;gt;rrjKtvai, Kin TU rrXft co (f)av\a 



thematics : they have never had flvai TU&amp;gt;V Trpay/iarcoi , ov 8ta^f/3atoOc- 



&quot; fluxus et refluxns:&quot; their s is a rai ovSev and again, &amp;lt;cal 8va-e\7ri8(s 



steady progress of improvement. 8iu T^V fpntipiav ra yap TrXetw riav 



But all moral subjects seem to be yiyvupevuv $af&amp;gt;Xa eoriV. 



