New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-12-19
nIistransIati0nso OF Lord Bacen'

To tie Editor Of The ~. i. IrfDvnr
SIR: Hardly anything in the history Of litera-
ture or science Is surprising 20 me than the MS
transatons Of the frat spLorsm Of Lord Bacons no'ln
Organum know OF tia! Is thoroughly good put
two which have recently thoroughly bad--so
bad as 10 convey no idea OF the authors
as In fact to put that meaning quite out OF the
prchcnsion. The nphorsm itself stands thus Homo ma
iure r,ini,rsr in,trYrcs fsnirm fdeh HfeS qufhh"
de nature ordins 70 rel ren. oJ,errar dnPIi~ se
ait rotss; OF which the plain English is' Mon, The ser
cant aud Interpreter Of NATIVE. doY and rndsr'aHd' ony
% much O.. concerning tie order Of nature IN mailer or
mind A., NAV hare oy.srr,l; n,iihr he kn0r or do
more Whether better translation. In any respect
can, or cannot be made do not presume to say but
this gives tho sense and feel sure, the only sense .ha'
Lord Bacon could have Intended 10 express IN ,es'
woris This /. the alcomprcheHsiye statement OF MS
ioctrEe-a the res, follows by inevitable consequence
Hence mist axe here Is fatal 10 the students prosI''
IN tho study Of this famous oIganun the great ''"'
M 10, ns sso what fnrisi tran.ln,ors have made
Of H. One In cabinet edition, when Rave I'''h"!
tcrDaiionthus not only conveying no hni OF we mean
,ug but substituting what Lord Bacon woui nave
scented totally irrelevant. and Thoroughly issc.
writer could have had the urst luch OF DE- suI"
nbilo.oohy or he would never have dreamed OF 20 er
pressing rs cardinal truth. Besides, Lorl i'.oH con
inu,ly the words oprsio and cors'31itg ~ VIA
may be called tcchnlc2 rensf-i " 'et'''"
him and would never have thought Of substituting 70
and rrsnfs in tho place OF them. . - -,
Again 4, this phorisrl ne ia no. considering the
Of observation but the '''r, OF ~, snu W 70,
tia, obsery atom alone give knowledge or power III
Tarn We now to the boaa,fl edition publishing in
Boston. There fad the words % lacs Z" ~ ""-o"'
/ for the " ri r.sss Of Lord Bacon.
This TRANSLATION H. II pos. bic worse than the DINER
IN fIc. NAV mean ,sGsd but 1r ths Bacon uses
ZERO or L nay meas In hiHss 41ns. for which tae''
I .grfftl 49, Ia ma
for ns-,, sc have here ts,.sk' meaning reflection;
g. neither ~ which except sHpPrd to thinss oOseN'
did Bacon allow privilege OF decilifs upon HHth
IN phyaioai OF mental scicocc Mems thoughts ne con
tnualy teaches are various; as heE occupations nsso
Citations prcJudioes may determine. Brt as NV !,
before remarked he not spN~kne 81 TIE fn"ue o
ob.crr alton the words rtrs rn determine Tue sph'fe
Of t-r.aner -sd. Not q perceive TINS Is 10 nj
10 Who'll, ,cheme Of tho Induciiyc Philosophy While
making IN ,ac, or oush re nod q obf,rrdiion, Is to
m!,s tho very spirit OF The new method it'elt
Another point IN TIL, Translation deserves rcinnEA
T,.on any,. MAJ the s-rYaIi AC--ihls version says;
MAJ being tie Ger, ant &C. but tais insertion oi The
word b,fag Introduces limitation mover ihi'i"'" u!
the author Making the words servant Sc the Frraios
al. man the subject limits mhn {" mat othrHet,r ana
den loayc, no possibility u h. having knowledge or
power IN any other But simply puttlps tLe "orus
servant &c. 10 opposition with the Wofa lat y - 'e,1
possible tina, while. as The mere SUBJECT q, na'u',
power aad student ~ nhturc- lava be u Limited 70
the oery alton Of plcnAens yet IN another capacity
10 may get knowlcdg" nom rIson or ic',n'"h OF ~
lcn., through faith may gan The power % accoil
Ing much thAt ~ mere oh,tFY'ioA re oou "''e' o"i
g. do. ,
have hrs linted In TIE hriecsi possible terms thc
c.r,no faults OF these trnn.la'ous find IN another
edition N tie library Of Prof ; Alexander OF TINS
place spfne what better version but stil nooicc urtr
For eel usni, the writer puts niHss or rIHd but
even this obscuros the scnsethe word things not beng
true expression for the world Of matter or Objective
phenomena which 10 evidently Lord hacon's meenlig
IN tho word
What makes nil III, mos, noteworthy Ia. ~ have
before inilmAted this Aphoffn Is tie sum ana SUD
stance Of Al that IL peculiar N tho Noyun OranHr rs
scheme Of general philosophy ard hence the reader
rey,pg upon these TRANSACTIONS put holecs.ly asiray
from the bcgnning. And rgun THIS proposition Is 80
important, that no man ignorant OF It's proper truth
car be considered having an mixing 81 the real the
ory Of our modern inducyc method. This know ledge
! admit a man may have withou, readins WoF1 o'
Lord Bacon but II he attempt 20 connect the two then
surely he should not mlsread the one conpgeAens'e
statement Of the whole doctrine IN question
Prlace0n n. j.. Dec. 10 lepi. s. {.