292 NOVUM ORGANUM. 



sistcntiis suis, (sive, si inalint, in fonnis suis) nee ab iis 

 recedendi subito, nisi per inodos suaves, ac per consen- 

 suin alterentur. At longe inagis neccssarinin est (qnia 

 multa seouni trahit ) \it intiinetur hominibus, niotum 

 violentum 1 (quern nos mechanicum, Democritus, qui in 

 motibus suis primis expediendis etiain infra inecliocres 

 pliilosophos ponendus est, inotuni plaqce vocavit 72 ) nil 

 aliud esse (piani inotiini libertatis, scilicet a compres- 

 sione ad relaxationem. Etenini in oinni sive simplici 

 protrusione, sive volatn per aerein, non fit snminotio 

 aut latio localis, autequani partes eorporis pnrternatu- 

 raliter patiantur et comprimantur ab impellente. Tinn 

 vero parti bus aliis alias per successionem trudentibus, 

 f ertur totuni ; nee soluni progrediendo, sed etiain ro- 

 tando siinul ; nt etiain hoe mode partes se liberare, aut 

 inagis ex tuquo tolerare possint. Atque de hoe niotu 

 hactenus. 



(4.) Sit niotus (jiiartus, inotus cui nomen dedinius 

 niottis lii/lfx -*: (jiii niotus nntistro])lius est quodammodo 

 niotui, de quo dixiinus, libertatis. Ktenim in niotu 

 libertatis corpora novuin dimension, sive novani sphav 

 rain, sive novani dilatationem aut contractionem (luuc 

 enim verl)orum varietas idem innuit) exhorrent, respu- 

 imt, f ugitint, et resilire ac veterem consistentiam recu- 

 pemre totis viribus contendunt. At contra in hoc niotu 

 ////A .v, corpora novani splnx-ram sive diinensuni appe- 

 tunt; atque ad illud libenter et proj)ere, et quandoque 



71 Motus viok-ns et naturalis. substances. The account of the 



Cf. supr. I. 66. origin of Stalactites is a curious in- 



~- Pltiycc. Cf. supr. II. 35. stance of dogmatism without any 



(note 2.) truth. Southey, Thalaba II. 25, al- 



&quot; ;! Hyles, V\TJS. The capacity of ludes to a similar belief that crystals 



expansion the tendency of matter, are ice long congealed ; and in his 



under certain circumstances, to en- notes quotes as his authority Camil- 



large its bulk as is to be seen in lus Leonardus in his &quot; Mirror of 



the case of Heat, or of explosive Stones.&quot; 



