Of the advancement and proficiencie of learning; or, The partitions of sciences, nine booksWritten in Latin by the most eminent, illustrious and famous Lord Bacon . firfi fight readyand eafie, leads iMo by-ways and down-falls : And being hewas uncertain whenfuch confid^rations fjould hereafter comeinto any mans mind, induced efpecially from this argument^that there hath none hitherto appear d, who hath applied hiswind tofuch cogitations, he refolvd to publifb, feparateljythe Fiift parts as they could be perfeSied. Neither is this anambitious hut foUicitom fefiinatton , that if in the meanfpace
Of the advancement and proficiencie of learning; or, The partitions of sciences, nine booksWritten in Latin by the most eminent, illustrious and famous Lord Bacon . firfi fight readyand eafie, leads iMo by-ways and down-falls : And being hewas uncertain whenfuch confid^rations fjould hereafter comeinto any mans mind, induced efpecially from this argument^that there hath none hitherto appear d, who hath applied hiswind tofuch cogitations, he refolvd to publifb, feparateljythe Fiift parts as they could be perfeSied. Neither is this anambitious hut foUicitom fefiinatton , that if in the meanfpace hefhould depart this mortal fiation , there might yetrematna defignationanddefitnationof the thing he compre-hended in his mind , and withall fome Demonfiration of hisftncere and propenfe affeBion to promote the good of Man-kind. Truly he efieemed other ambition whatfoever, infe-^rier to the hufinefs he had in hand: For either the matterin confultation, and thus far profecuted, is nothing; or fomuch as the confidence of the merit it felf ought to givehim contentment without feeding a recompencefrom abroad. THE FRANCIS Lord V E RV L AMHis great The PREFACE. Of the State of Learning , that it is not Pro/pe-rous, nor greatly AdvdLUCtd; and that a far dif-ferent n>aj/y than hath been J^omn to former Ages^muU be opened., to mans VnderHanding ; ando-ther Aids procured; that the Mind may fra&iceher omnpiver the nature of things. iTfcemstome, that men neither uncJerftandthe Eftate they poflefs, nor their Abilitiesto purchafe : but of the one to prefumemore j of the other, lefs, than indeed theyfhould. So it comes to pafs, that over-prizingthe Arts received, they make no farther Inquiry 5 or un-dervaluing thcmfelves, more than in equity they ought,they expend their Abilities upon matters of flight confe-qirence, never once making experiment of thofe thingswhich conduce to the fumm of the bufincfs. Wherefore,Sciences alfo have, as it vi^ere, their Fatal Columns 5 being
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