LIB. I. 98100. 97 



XCIX. 



Atque rursus in ipsa experimentorum mechanicorum 

 copia, summa eorum, quse ad intellectus informationem 

 maxime faciunt et juvant, detegitur inopia. Mechani- 

 cus enim, cle veritatis inquisitione nullo modo sollicitus, 

 non ad alia, quam qua? operi suo subserviunt, aut ani- 

 mum erigit, aut manum porrigit. Turn vero de scien- 

 tiarum ulteriore progressu spes bene fundabitur, quum 

 in historian! naturalem recipientur et aggregabuntur 

 complura experimenta, qua? in se nullius sunt usus, sed 

 ad inventionem causarum et axiomatum tantum faci 

 unt 21 ; qua? nos lucifera experimenta ad differentiam 

 fructiferorum appellare consuevimus. Ilia autem mi- 

 ram habent in se virtutem et conditionem ; hanc vide 

 licet, quod nunquam fallant, aut frustrentur. Cum 

 enim ad hoc adhibeantur, non ut opus aliquod efficiant, 

 sed ut causam naturalem in aliquo revelent, quaqua 

 versum cadunt, intentioni seque satisfaciunt, cum qua?- 

 stionem terminent. 



C. 



At non solum copia major experimentorum qurcrenda 

 est et procuranda, atque etiam alterius generis, quam 

 adhuc factum est ; sed etiam methodus 22 plane alia, et 

 ordo, et processus, continuandse et provehendse expe- 

 rientice, introducenda. Vaga enim experientia, et se 



21 This remark is illustrated by terns. It corresponds to the old 

 the collection of Instances for the &quot; Logical Method.&quot; &quot; Logical Me- 

 discovery of Heat. See II. 1 1-20. thod&quot; descends steadily &quot;per media 



For &quot;lucifera&quot; and &quot;fructifera&quot; axiomata&quot; from step to step, from 



cf. I. 70 and 121. Also De Augm. conclusion to conclusion (assuming 



Scient. V. 2 (ad fin.) however as Hypotheses the most ge- 



22 This brings us gradually to neral Axioms) ; while this, the In- 

 Bacon s own Method of Science, ductive Method, ascends seriatim 

 which singularly comes in as a part from point to point, assuming only 

 of the &quot; Pars Destruens&quot; of the the fact of the evidence of the senses 

 Book. It is in reality only set forth being sufficient for man constituted 

 here in contrast to the older Sys- as he is. 



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