242 The Advancement of Learning 



Mental philosophy, how divided, 117 



Metaphysique, used in a different 

 sense from its ordinary acceptation, 

 91; how limited, 92, 93; distin- 

 guished from physics, 93; its 

 functions, 94 ; abridges the multi- 

 tude of particulars, 95 ; enfranchises 

 man's powers, 96 



Metellus, how addressed by Caesar, 53 



Method, a hindrance to learning, 32 



Method of tradition of arts, 140; its 

 place in logic, ib. ; of probation, ib. ; 

 enigmatical, 141; compared with 

 aphorisms, ib., 142; varies accord- 

 ing to different subjects, 143; 

 useful in limiting propositions, 

 144; a false kind of, 145 



Microcosm, man said to be a, 88, 109 



Midas' judgment, 60 



Mind, its nature, 117; functions, 

 120; is naturally full of super- 

 stition and imposture, 132; 

 Georgics of the, 154 



Mirabilaries, 71 



Miracles, 71; not wrought for 

 atheists, but for the idolatrous 

 and superstitious, 88 



Misitheus, a pedant, ruled wisely, 1 1 



Mithridatum, 115 



Modern History, 74; times are truly 

 the most ancient, 31 



Momus, wanted a window to look 

 into men's hearts, 185 



Monastic life, not good unless joined 

 with action, 157 



Money, 138; not the " sinews of 

 war," 200; its value for advance- 

 ment, ib. 



Monodica, many things in nature are 

 such, 133 



Monstrosities, 70 



Moral Philosophy, 116 sqq.\ a 

 handmaid to divinity, 167; must 

 consider what is possible, 167; 

 characters must be studied by it, 

 168; should take note of age, sex, 

 etc., 169, 170 



Moses, a learned man, 38; on the 

 mount, 157; a pattern for con- 

 troversialists, 213; his law 

 regulated questions of diet, etc., 

 108 



Moss, 39 



Mountebanks, preferred to physi- 

 cians, no 



Music, 162; cadences in, 87 



Musician, the, who held the soul to 

 be a harmony, 33 



Mutianus, overreached Antonius, 



191; his character in Tacitus, 

 195 



Mysteries, 83 



Naples, Gonsalvo at, 158 



Narrations of particular actions 

 (monographs), 78 



Narrowness of mind a hindrance to 

 learning, 33 



Natural History, 70; philosophy is 

 of the mine and furnace, 90; how 

 subdivided, 91 ; magic, ib.; pru- 

 dence, what, 100 



Nature, book of God's works, 8, 41; 

 helps us to understand the Scrip- 

 tures, ib.; how divided, 93; her 

 summary law, 91; refuses to be 

 enchainedby syllogism, 126; light 

 of, insufficient, 209, 210; used in 

 two senses, 210 



Negociation, part of civil prudence, 

 181 



Nero, in his minority governed by 

 Seneca, 11, 19 



Nerva, a good and learned prince, 

 44 



Nicodemus, his error, 212 



Novelty, to be avoided in extremes, 

 31; not to be distrusted, ib. 



Nuncio, the advice of a papal, 192 



Olympian games, 117 



Orations, appendices to history, 81 



Orators, compared with sophists, 



131 ; stir the passions of republics, 



as the wind the sea, 171 

 Organs, of sense and reflection akin, 



87; of the body, are they seats 



of corresponding mental faculties? 



108 

 Orpheus' theatre, 43 

 Ortelius of Antwerp, 145 

 Osorius, his " watery vein," 24 

 Ostensive reduction, 130 

 Ostentation, a fault of manners, 195 

 Ottomans, the Sultan of the, 103 



Papia Lex, 31 



Paracelsus' philosophy reduced by 



Severinus, 105; held that man is 



a microcosm, 109; exalted the 



imagination, 119; views of his 



school on theology, 216 

 Paris, judgment of, 60 

 Parmenides, 103; his speculation as 



to the ultimate unity of all things, 



96 

 Parmenio's advice to Alexander, 50, 



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