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Francis Bacon
THE WORKS
OF
LORD BACON.
WITH
AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY,
AND A PORTRAIT.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET,
COVENT GARDEN.
MDCCCLIV.
B
1153
1854
v./
JOHN CHILDS AND SON, BUNGAY.
The trunk of all, a primitive or summary
philosophy
OF THE PROFICIENCE AND ADVANCEMENT OF LEARN- Divine philosophy, or natural theology, relates
ING, DIVINE AND MORAL.
BOOK I.
The objections against learning considered
to the being and attributes of God; and the
nature of angels or spirits
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2
Natural philosophy, divided into speculative
and practical
2 Speculative philosophy, or natural science,
divided into physics and metaphysics
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 38
Pure mathematics divided into geometry and
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38
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Mixed mathematics divided into perspective,
music, astronomy, cosmography, architec-
ture, enginery, &c.
Human philosophy has two parts, human and
civil
40
.
Civil history divided into, 1. Memoirs. 2. Just
history. 3. Antiquities
29
29 The doctrine of the human body divided into,
1. Medicine. 2. Cosmetics. 3. Athletics.
4. Arts of elegance
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31
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The intellectual arts are four, 1. The art of in-
quiry or invention. 2. The art of examination.
3. The art of custody or memory. 4. The art
of elocution or tradition
Ethics divided into, 1. The doctrine of the image
of good. 2. The georgics or cultivation of the
mind
Good divided into simple and compound; Pri-
vate good, and the good of society
The cultivation of the mind regards, 1. Different
dispositions. 2. Affections. 3. Remedies
Civil doctrine divided into three kinds of doc-
trine or prudence. 1. Prudence in conversa-
tion. 2. Prudence in business. 3. Prudence
in government
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Of production, conservation, and delation of
sounds
101
61 Of communication of sounds
Of equality and inequality of sounds
Of more treble and base tones
Of proportion of treble and base
Of exterior and interior sounds
Of articulation of sounds
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