The Works of Lord Bacon

Physics divided into, 1. The doctrine of the prin-
ciples of things. 2. The doctrine of the
formation of things, or the world. 3. The
doctrine concerning the variety of things
Metaphysics divided into, 1. The doctrine of
forms. 2. The doctrine of final causes
Mathematics divided into, 1. Pure. 2. Mixed
Pure mathematics divided into geometry and

BOOK II.

Public obstacles to learning considered

The distribution of knowledge into particular

sciences

Knowledge divided, according to man's three
principal faculties, into, I. HISTORY, which
relates to memory. II. POESY, which flows
from the imagination. III. PHILOSOPHY,
which is the produce of reasoning

HISTORY divided into, 1. Natural. 2. Civil.

3. Ecclesiastical. 4. Literary

Natural history is of three sorts, 1. The his-

tory of generations. 2. Of preter-genera-

tions. 3. Of arts

Civil history divided into, 1. Memoirs. 2. Just

history. 3. Antiquities

Just history divided into chronicles, lives, and

narratives or relations

History divided also into annals and journals

History ecclesiastical, divided into the history

of the church; the history of prophecy;