LIB. I. 1 16. 



Ill 



sectam aliquam in philosophia condere velle : neque 

 enim hoc agimus, neque etiam multum interesse puta- 

 mus ad hominum fortunas, quales quis opiniones ab- 

 stractas de natura et rerum principiis habeat : neque 

 dubium est, quin multa hujusmodi, et vetera revocari, 

 et nova introduci possint ; quemadmodum et complura 

 themata coeli supponi possunt, qua? cum plicenomenis 

 sat bene conveniunt, inter se tamen dissentiunt. 



At nos de hujusmodi rebus opinabilibus, et simul in- 

 utilibus, non laboramus. At contra nobis constitutum 

 est experiri, an revera potential et amplitudinis hu- 

 manse firmiora fundamenta jacere, ac fines in latius 

 proferre possimus. Atque licet sparsim, et in aliquibus 

 subjectis specialibus, longe veriora habeamus, et cer- 

 tiora, (ut arbitramur) atque etiam magis fructuosa, 

 quam quibus homines adhuc utuntur, (qua? in quintam 

 Instaurationis nostra? partern congessimus 49 ) tamen 



See Hallam s Lit. of Europe, part II. 

 chap. iii. 9-10. 



Francesco Patrizio was a native 

 of Cherso in Dalmatia, born in 1529. 

 He published a treatise against 

 Aristotle, under the title of &quot; Nova 

 de Universis Philosophia.&quot; 



Marco Aurelio Severino was a 

 physician. He was born in Calabria, 

 and practised at Naples ; he, too, 

 wrote against Aristotle. All these 

 three were nearly contemporary 

 with Bacon. 



49 It is a remarkable fact that 

 not one of the six Parts of the 

 Instauratio was ever completed ; 

 unless it were the first, which 

 is entitled by Bacon, &quot; Partitio- 

 nes Scientiarum,&quot; and which is 

 equivalent to the &quot; De Augmentis 

 Scientiarum,&quot; which he lengthened 

 to its present size from the shorter 

 treatise on the Advancement of 

 Learning. The Second Part also 



received a large share of attention : 

 for it includes the Nov. Org., which 

 however is unfinished. Of the 

 Third Part we have much remain 

 ing chiefly in a fragmentary state. 

 The Parasceue, and the different 

 collections of Natural History be 

 long to it. Of the Fourth Part we 

 seem to have nothing except the 

 &quot; Scala Intellectus sive Filum La- 

 byrinthi :&quot; the fuller development 

 of the principles stated supra, I. 

 103 106. The Fifth Part here 

 mentioned is entitled &quot; Prodromi 

 sive Anticipationes Philosophise Se- 

 cundee,&quot; and would seem to be in 

 troductory to the Sixth Part. Of 

 it we have nothing definitely re 

 maining : unless it be the Preface. 

 And, lastly, the Sixth Part the 

 Second Philosophy to which all 

 the other five were to be subservient 

 and ministerial, was, as he says 

 here, and also in the Distributio. 



