IK; NOVUM ORGAN UM. 



quoque, atque adeo in omni latent in schematismi inven- 

 tione, lux vera et clam ab axiomatibus primariis im- 

 mittitur, qua; certc caliginein onnioin et subtilitatem 

 diseutit. 



VIII. 



Neqtie propterea res deducetur ad atomum 21 , qua; 

 pnrsupponit vacuum, et inateriain mm nuxam, (quorum 

 utminque falsum est) sed ad particulas veras, quales 

 iiiveiiiiiiitur. Neque rursus est, quod exhorreat quis- 

 j)iaiu istani subtilitatem, ut inexplicabilem ; sed con 

 tra, quo magis vergit iuquisitio ad naturas simplices, eo 

 magis omnia eriuit sita in piano et perspicuo; translate 

 negotio a multiplici in simplex; et ab incommensura- 

 bili ad commensurabile ; et a surdo ad computabile ; 

 et ab infmito et vago ad detinitum et certum ; ut lit in 

 dementis literarum, et tonis concentuum. Optime 

 autem cedit inquisitio naturalis, quando physicum 

 termiuatur in niathematico 22 . At rursus multitudi- 



- A distinction must be drawn System of Cosmogony, 

 bet ween tlu- Epicurean similar A- Of the exact meaning of this 



tdins, and the &quot; 1 artieles&quot; of which paragraph there is some doubt. One 



all natural bodies are composed, rendering is, &quot; when a Physical Dis- 



See Herschel s Discourse on Nat. covery is converted into a Mathe- 



1 hil. ,V,&amp;lt;; ,14o- matical Theorem:&quot; as (I suppose 



The Kpicnrean Atom was an al- it is meant) when Kepler s Laws 



most abstract conception, and was were Mathematically stated. Per- 



not based on far-extended physical ha|&amp;gt;s the illustration of Optics, in 



knowledge, as is the &quot; Atomic Theo- which certainty is quite obtained 



ry&quot; of Dalton. See Kncycl. Metr. by substitution of certain formulae 



Article Chemistry, 116. See the for Physical facts (after due investi- 



subject historically and ])hilosoj)hi- gation of Instances), will throw light 



cally discussed in Dr. Daubeny s upon the case. Or the Mathemati- 



&quot; Introduction to the Atomic The- cal investigation of Central Forces, 



ory.&quot; based on Physical experience, and 



As to the Vacuum which Bacon embracing both results not known 



supposed impossible, see his state- in Nature, and the simplest expres- 



ments, supr. I. 66. (ad fin.) By sion of all the Laws which Phy- 



&quot; Materia non rluxa,&quot; he doubtless sical Phenomena follow, would be a 



refers to the dogma of the &quot; Eternity case in point. Cf. supr. I. 96. 

 of Matter,&quot; a part of the Atheistic 



