LIB. 11.40,41. 269 



habet fere locum nisi in olfactu et odoribus ; nee ad 

 id quod agitur multum pertinet. Quare de deductio- 

 nibus non-sensibilis ad sensibile haec dicta sint. 



Quandoque tamen deductio fit non ad sensum homi- 

 nis, sed ad sensum alicujus alterius animalis, cujus 

 sensus in aliquibus humanum excellit : ut nonnullorum 

 odorum, ad sensum canis ; lucis, quse in ae re non ex- 

 trinsecus illuminate latenter existit, ad sensum felis, 

 noctuse, et hujusmodi animalium, qua} cerriunt noctu. 

 Recte enim notavit Telesius 44 , etiam in ae re ipso inesse 

 lucem quandam originalem, licet exilem et tenuem, et 

 maxima ex parte oculis hominum aut plurimorum ani 

 malium non inservientem : quia ilia animalia, ad quo 

 rum sensum hujusmodi lux est proportionata, cernant 

 noctu ; id quod vel sine luce fieri, vel per lucem inter- 

 narn, minus credibile est. 



Atque illud utique notandum est ; de destitutioni- 

 bus sensum, eorumque remediis, hie nos tractare. Nam 

 fallaciae sensuuin ad proprias inquisitiones de sensu et 

 sensibili remittendie sunt : excepta ilia magna fallacia 

 sensuum, nimirum quod constituant lineas rerum ex 

 analogia hominis, et non ex analogia universi : quse 

 non corrigitur, nisi per rationem et pliilosophiam uni- 



versalem 45 . 



XLL 

 Inter prcerogativas instantiarum ponemus loco de- 



44 This notion of Telesio (of which 45 This remark is true of other 



Bacon approved) is now entirely subjects as well as of sensible ap- 



exploded. Air is not self-luminous, preciation. We are obliged, by the 



And Cats, &c. which are said to see constitution of our Nature, to mea- 



in the dark, are only able to see sure things by ourselves. Even 



with far less light than man, from the Bible often expresses truths of 



the peculiar formation of their eyes, the highest kind by means of terms 



which catch more readily than relative to us, and adapted to 



man s do the few rays which float our limited intelligence. And this 



in the air even in the night. For will continue while man does but 



Telesio, see supra, I. 116. II. 37. &quot;know in part.&quot; 



