LIB. I. 130. 131 



tern inveniendi cum inventis adolescere posse, statuere 

 debemus 82 . 



82 This passage has been wrongly 

 given in translations. It simply 

 means that &quot; we, who regard the 

 connection between the Mind and 

 things, ought to allow the possibi 

 lity, nay, more, the probability, that 

 as Knowledge grows, the Method 

 of obtaining Knowledge will grow 

 also. Cf. supr. I. 104. and Adv. 

 of Learning, p. 189. (where he is 

 speaking of Topics. &quot; In these it 

 holdeth, Ars inveniendi adolescit 

 cum Inventis ; &c.&quot; D. Stewart, 



Philosophy of the Human Mind, 

 Introd. II. 2, quotes this passage, 

 while speaking of the experience of 

 each person being put into system : 

 such method (i. e.) of science, that 

 each successive generation may pro 

 fit by its predecessors, and advance 

 steadily. This is now done in some 

 subjects ; such (e. g.) as Mathema 

 tics, in which beginners now almost 

 outstrip the whole knowledge of 

 men a century ago. 



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