WORKS

OF

FRANCIS BACON,

BARON OF VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST. ALBAN,

AND

LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.

COLLECTED AND EDITED BY

JAMES SPEDDING, M.Α.

OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE;

ROBERT LESLIE ELLIS, Μ.Α.

LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE;

AND

DOUGLAS DENON HEATH,

BARRISTER-AT-LAW: LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

VOL. III.

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CONTENTS

OF

THE THIRD VOLUME.

PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS.

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PART II.

WORKS ON SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH THE INSTAURATIO,

BUT NOT MEANT TO BE INCLUDED IN IT.

PREFACE to PART II.

COGITATIONES DE NATURA RERUM

ACE to DE FLUXU ET REFLUXU MARIS, by ROBERT

LESLIE ELLIS

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WORKS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED FOR PARTS OF THE INSTAU-

RATIO MAGNA, BUT SUPERSEDED OR ABANDONED.

PREFACE to PART III.

COGITATIONES DE SCIENTIA HUMANA

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PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS.

PART II.

WORKS ON SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH THE INSTAURATIO MAGNA, BUT NOT MEANT TO BE INCLUDED IN IT;

ARRANGED

ACCORDING TO THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY WERE WRITTEN.

Ista enim nos tanquam in limine Historiæ Naturalis stantes prospicimus, quæ quanto magis quis se immerserit in Historiam Naturalem tanto fortasse probabit magis. Attamen testamur iterum nos hic teneri nolle. In his enim, ut in aliis, certi viæ nostræ sumus, certi sedis nostræ non sumus. - Thema Cæli, 1612.