228 NOVUM ORGANUM. 



itur ; ita ctiain in inxfantiis comitatiis angustatnr (ijfir- 

 inafinr forma* ; nt ncccssario poni dcbeat forma rei 

 esse aliqnid, quod talem concretionem corporis snbin- 

 grediatnr, ant contra ab cadcni abborrcat ; nt qui bcne 

 norit constitutionom ant schematismum Imjusmodi cor- 

 ])oris, non longe abfnerit ab extrahcnda in luccm forma 

 natnnv inqnisita\ 



Exempli gratia ; sit natnra inqnisita, calidnrn. In- 

 stantia couiifdttt.s est flainma 10 . Etenim in aqua, aero, 

 lapido, metallo, et aliis qnamplnrimis, calor est mobilis, 

 et accedere potest ct reecdere : at oninis flainma cst 

 calida, ita nt calor in concretiono flaninuv ]&amp;gt;erj)etuo 

 scHjuatur. At instantia hostUis calidi nnlla ropcritur 

 apnd nos. Nam do vi^ccribiis terra- nihil constat ad 

 sonsnm ; scd cornm corpornm, (puv nobis nota snnt, 

 nnlla prorsns cst concretio, qua 1 non cst susceptibilis 

 caloris. 



At rnrsns, sit natnra iiKjiiisita, consistons : instantia 

 hostilix cst aiir. Mtenim metallnm j)otcst Mncrc, j&amp;gt;otcst 

 consistcre ; similitcr vitrnm ; etiam aijna potcst con- 

 sistere, cum conglaciatnr : at impossible est nt aer nn- 

 (]uani consistat, ant exnat flnorem. 



Verum de hixfotitiix hujusmodi propositionum Ji-i (i- 

 nnn snjtersnnt duo monita, quiv ntilia snnt ad id quod 

 agitnr. Primnm, nt si defnerit plane universalis (ijfir- 

 matira ant nrqntira, illnd ipsnm diligenter notetnr tan- 

 (]nam non-ens !l1 : sicnt fecimus de calido, ubi univer 

 salis negativa (quatcnns a&amp;lt;l entia, (JIUP ad nostram 



90 &quot; Body and Weight&quot; would be tic terms again. The first of these 



a very good Instance of Accom- two Monita is also very scholastic 



paniinent, and &quot;Transparency and in character referring to the older 



Malleability&quot; of Hostility. Bacon s speculations on things &quot;celestial 



instance of &quot; Air and Consistency &quot; and terrestrial,&quot; which, properly 



is of doubtful truth. speaking, Bacon has excluded from 



&quot; Entia and non-entia scholas- his Method. 



