many indications[1] of this scientific character of our Author’s way of thinking, these lie for us too far afield.[2] But there is one feature so salient, so vitally characteristic, and so important for his Philosophy of Mind, that we must devote our first efforts to a comprehensive study of it. And this is his theory of Species or Forms.
- ↑ For example: (a) His impatience with tke scholastic method ("more scholastico," Ep. 601), see above note 3. (b) His notion of Authority (e.g. I—3, 13ff., 15, 31; II—7, 12ff., 169). (c) The conception of a "Scientia Experimentalis" (II—167ff). (d) His expenditures for scientific work (Br. 59, cf. 65, 56). (e) Scientific spirit toward the writing of Geography (I—298ff., cf. 304, 338, 350, Br. 403). (h) His distinction between Astrology and Astronomy (I—238ff; Br. 268ff). (g) His insistence upon acquaintance with original sources, for biblical exegesis and for knowledge of Philosophy (I—66ff.; Br. 88ff., 330ff.).
- ↑ Bacon's conception of Law in the Universe is probably the most striking indication of his "scientific" penchant. His mind is firmly possessed with the thoroughgoing prevalence of Law, saving that his Universe remains one conserved by God and always subject to change by Him, and one in which man's soul is the object of central value. The reader who is interested may consult the following references: I—33, Br. 73, II—366, 385 (the unity of the University). II—503, 453, cf. 455 and 197 (Order). 1212, 214, 175, 43; I—216, 212; II—457 (ideological and mathematical conception). Br. 154; II—495, cf. 417, 436 (co-ordination of parts). II—215, cf. 1144, 127 (mechanical). I—122; 130; II—476; I—158; I—142; II—508 (special "laws"). I—137; II—37, 49 (laws of the propagation of Species. Cf. Aristotle, De Gen. et Corr., I—3, 318a, who fails to raise the generalization to the level of a law; cf. Bacumker, Prob. d. Mat. etc. 235, n. 3, and Zeller, D. Philos. d. Griech. 3te A., II—b. 391, n. 4). II—167-223 (the new field of Exp. Science, presupposes law throughout; for "autonomatice" cf. II—223, Ep. 510. Exp. Sc. and Mathematics and Optics are three of the four "Scientiae magnae," v. IzI222, cf. I—97; it proceeds by way of induction, v. II—173ff., cf. 201ff.). I—249ff. (attempt to put Astrology on an exact basis).
