his Preface. i^ 



The DeUrihution of the WorJ^ into Six Parts.' 



P.L Partitiones SciENTiARUM, Ot afummarj/ 

 Survey and partition of Scknc^s. 



P. II. Novum Organum^OrTV?/^ Dire&iom for 



the Interpretation of Nature, 



P.m. Ph^>jomena UniversIjOr Hiflory Natu- 

 ral and Experimental y for the building up Phi- 



lofol ' 



P. IV. ScALA Intellectus^ Or the IntelleBnal 

 Sphere rectified to the Globe of the World. 



P, V. pRODROMij Or The Anticipations ofkcoi\i 

 Philofbphy emergent upon PraBice. 



P, VL Secunda Philosophia, Or A&ive Phi" 

 lofophy^from intimate Converfe with Nature. 



The ARGVMENT of the feveral 



PARTS, 



IT is One point of the Defign we have in hand , 

 'That efery thing be delii/ered with all pof" 

 fible flainnefs and Perfpicnity : for the nailed' 

 ne.fi of ths Mind, as ones of the Body, is the 

 companion of Innocence and Simplicity, Firft therefore , 

 the order and Dijirihution of the n>ork^-, with the reafon 

 thereof, miift be made manifeft. The Parts of the Worl^ 

 are, by us afllgnediS'ix, 



^ The Firji Part exhibits the ftmm or univerfal de- P. L 

 fcription of that Learning and Knowledges in the poffeffi- 



on 



