Examination of the Philosophy of Bacon: Wherein Different Questions of Rational Philosophy Are Treated

Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
Bibliography......Page 44
Biographical Notes on Persons Cited or Mentioned by Joseph de Maistre......Page 48
A Note on the Text......Page 60
Abbreviations......Page 64
An Examination of the Philosophy of Bacon......Page 66
PART ONE: LOGIC AND THE RATIONAL SCIENCES......Page 68
1 Novum organum – Induction and Syllogism......Page 70
Appendix to Chapter 1......Page 97
2 Of Experience and of the Genius of Discoveries......Page 102
3 Continuation of the Same Subject......Page 117
4 Of Essences and of Their Definitions......Page 130
5 Cosmology and the System of the World......Page 139
6 The Ebb and Flow of the Seas......Page 152
7 Motion......Page 156
8 Natural History and General Physics......Page 161
9 Optics – The Progression of Light......Page 167
10 Experiments and Physical Explanations......Page 176
11 Meteorology......Page 192
12 The General Goal of Bacon\'s Philosophy......Page 204
BOOK TWO: METAPHYSICS......Page 220
1 Of God and of Intelligence......Page 222
2 Of the Soul......Page 237
3 Of the Origin of Spontaneous Motion and of Motion in General......Page 246
4 Of the Senses and of the Sensible Principle......Page 260
5 Of Matter and of the Principle of Things......Page 269
6 Final Causes......Page 300
7 The Union of Religion and Science......Page 335
8 Bacon\'s Religion......Page 357
9 Bacon Judged by his Translator – Conclusion......Page 372
B......Page 386
C......Page 387
D......Page 388
G......Page 389
I......Page 390
L......Page 391
N......Page 392
P......Page 393
R......Page 394
T......Page 395
Z......Page 396