Acosta continued. on climate of Peru, ix. 412. Acoustics. See Sound. Acroamatic method of discourse, ix. 124. Acting, art of, used in education, vi. 308. Actio cum contemplatione conjuncta, ii. 142. theatralis in dicendo, ii. 496. Action and contemplation, conjunction of, vi. 134. Actium, battle of, ix. 309. Active good, pre-eminence of, vi. 318. difference between public good and, vi. 319. life, why to be preferred, vi. 315. Admiralty Manual of Scientific Inquiry, ii. 39. Admiratio ad prolongationem vitæ plurimum facit, iii. 426. proles raritatis, i. 424. Adrian, vi. 149. Adrianus imperator, ii. 155, 156. Adulatio, antitheta de eâ, ii. 485. Advancement of fortune, knowledge relating to, deficient, vi. 362. the doctrine of, ix. 267-297. Advancement of Learning, preface to, ii. 73-81. date of, ii. 73. original design of, ii. 73–75, 77. Ægyptii brutorum effigies in templis cur posuerunt, vii. 126. Enigmatica dicendi methodus, ii. 430. Eoli regnum, iii. 244. Aer corpora naturalia multum turbat, i. 517. exclusio ejus, i. 517-520. aditus ejus, cur prohibendus, i. 519. exclusio ambientis ad diu turnitatem dupliciter innuit, iii. 430, 494. excluditur duobus modis, iii. 430-437. Aer, exclusio ejus - continued. per clausuram meatuum, iii. 432. per oppletionem meatuum, ib. salubritas ejus res occulta, ii. 395, 451. experimentum salubritatis, iii. 395. æqualitas magis quam puritas spectanda, ib. mutatio ejus in peregrinando bona, ib. tanquam res indigens omnia avide arripit, iii. 489. per calorem dilatatur simpliciter, iv. 63, 64. humiditatem terræ deprædatur et in se vertit, iv. 84. rarefactionis quantæ capix, iv. 87. experimentum vitrei ovi, ib. spatio notabili contrahi potest, Anaximenes pro principio re- chaos secundum, ib. in sonorum generatione densa- in globo plumbeo compressus, vii. 254. in vasa clausa, ib. per respirationem receptus, vii. 256. See Air. Esculapius, god of healing, ix. 23, 26. and Circe, fable of, vi. 243. Esop, fable of the Frogs and the Well, ix. 142. of the Fox and Cat, ix. 154. fabula de Vulpe et Fele, ii. 463. Etas instar ignis lambentis, iv. 116. de decursu ætatis, historia conscribenda, ii. 65. Eternitas materiæ, v. 334. terræ, vii. 316-318. ex rationibus motus non probanda, vii 318. Eternitas continued. motus cœli circularis argumen- scripturis sacris, terræ et cœlo Æther purum et immutabile, vii. 319. historia ejus, vii. 293. Ethera sive spatia cœli interstellaria, vii. 301. an unus perpetuus fluor, vii. 309. Ethiopia, iv. 351. Aetites, or eagle stone, iv. 219. Affability, Cicero's commendation of, vi. 348, 349. Affectation, unseemliness of, vi, 349. antitheses for and against, ix. 175. Affections controlled by eloquence, vi. 299. inquiry touching the, vi. 336. neglected by Aristotle in Affectus intuentur præcipue bonum in præsentiâ, ii. 442. loco morborum animi sunt, iii.. 39. Affinitates chymicæ, i. 535. Affinity, chemical, viii. 346. "Africa semper aliquid monstri parit," why, iv. 378, 379. Agaric, a purge, iv. 409, 442, 468. Age, its course, a history thereof proposed, vii. 377. old, the retarding of, viii. 515. by itself is only a stage or measure of motion, x. 241. Agriculture, proposed history of, viii. 380. treatises on, viii. 413. Agrippa, Cornelius, trivialis scurra, vii. 28. Air, whether in its own nature light or heavy, iv. 21. transmutation of, into water, iv. 172, 173, 206-210. by cold, iv. 172. by compression, iv. 173. by receiving air into the water condensed and indurated by burial, iv. 207. cloves absorb water, ib. verjuice absorbed by wool, iv. 208. theory of condensation of moisture, ib. sweating of marble stone, &c., iv. 209. dew and rain, ib. artificial conversion of air into water, ib. a desideratum, x. 264. turned into water in the upper regions, x. 249. condensing of, whether the cause of increase of weight in growing plants, iv. 175, 176. in onions, iv. 175. sprouts from stumps of trees, test by weighing, iv. 176. commixture of air and flame, and force resulting, iv. 176, 177. explosive bodies, iv. 176. vital spirits of living creatures, iv. 177. temperature of, cooled by contact with water, without imbibing moisture, v. 100. on bright nights colder than on cloudy, ib. close, warmer than open, ib. middle region of, cold, vii. 176. in things fibrous is warm, ib. congealing of, experiment proposed, iv. 335. salubrity of, fresh and healthful must be selected for habitation, v. 48, 49, 68. how to test salubrity of, ib. necessity of having healthful indoors, v. 133. salubrity of, how known, x. 123, 124. at what hours best taken, x. 124. healthy from what quarters, ib. poisoned by effluvia, v. 126. concussion of the, iv. 240. exclusion of, disturbance in bodies caused by its operation, viii. 329. means of exclusion, viii. 330. advantage of its exclusion, ib. tends to prolong life, x. 104, 168. excluded in two ways, X. 105. 1. by closing the pores. 2. by filling them up. a needy thing, seizing everything with avidity, x. 162. dilation of, dilated simply by heat, x. 211, 212. licks up the moisture of the earth and turns it into itself, x. 232. how far capable of rarefac- whether when rarefied it can selected by Anaximenes as the one principle of things, x. 356. its importance in the universe, x. 357. See Aer. a second chaos, ib. Albedo, forma ejus, i. 403; ii. 290. Alchemist, dischargeth his art upon his own errors, vi. 417. Alchemists, vanities of, iv. 315. useful inventions of, viii. 119. Alchemy, vi. 127, 229. Alchymia ii. 133. Alchymistæ, utilia multa invenerunt, i. 294. Alegant, iv. 193. Alexander Borgia, de expeditione Gallorum Neapolitana, ii. 307, 308. of the French at Naples, viii. 520. Alexander the Great, sweetness of his skin, iv. 163. discovery of his body by Augustus Cæsar, v. 45. an example of learning and military excellence, vi. 99, 154. his education, vi. 154. his estimation of learning, ib. his excellent use of metaphor, vi. 157. his speech concerning Diogenes, vi. 155. his remarkable sayings, vi. 155157. his reprehension and use of logic, vi. 156. his mode of warfare, viii. 459. Alexander Magnus, Aristotelis discipulus, ii. 107. ausus vana contemnere, ii. 137. exemplum arctæ conjunctionis militariæ virtutis et literariæ, ii. 160, 166. ab Aristotele educatus, ii. 156. ab eruditis semper comitatus, ii. 157. admirator Homeri, ib. de mortalitate sua, ii. 158. ad Cassandrum, ib. de Hephæstione et Cratero, ii. ad Parmenidem, ib. Aliment, vi. 404. change of necessary, when the effect has been weakened by custom, iv. 202. necessary to the human body how often, x. 147. rapid consumption of, by the living spirit, ib. proportion of secretions to, x. causes of atrophy, ib. Alimentatio per exterius, iii. 496. of plants and of animals, difference noted by Aristotle, x. 23, 24. the source of repair in living bodies, x. 16. nourishments, by what rules to be selected, x. 45, 46. orifices of reception, x. 46. modes of assimilation, x. 47. degrees of nourishment, ib. whether it can be taken by other ways than through the stomach, x. 48, 170. from without, contributes to longevity, x. 170. See Nourish spiritui vivo necessarium, iii. 470, 474-476. singulis diebus requiritur, iii. 474. a spiritu vivo cito absumitur, ib. excrementis majus, iii. 475. causa atrophiæ quid, ib. Alkermes medicina, ii. 332. medicine invented by Mesné, ib. Allegorical sense of Scripture often preferable to the literal, vi. 407. Allies, wars should be promptly undertaken for, ix. 307. Allnight, iv. 340. Alloys of the precious metals, v. 59. Alpetragius, his Theorica Planetarum, vii. 277. Alphabet of the universe, i. 86. of nature, vi. 63; ix. 371, 475479. rule and construction of it, ix. 478, 479. Alphabet - continued. of abstract natures, ix. 375. Altar on which water always extin- ab Herone descriptum, vii. 266. Alterations of matter, v. 80. "alteratio major" what, v. 81. Altitudo ventorum, iii. 260, 261. Amber furthers venereous appetite, v. 131. an opiate producing longevity, x. 89. flies preserved in, how, x. 156. Ambergrise, medicinal use of, x. 78. Ambiguity of speech, caution against, vi. 275. Ambition, three grades of, viii. 162. the restlessness of, ix. 205. Ambitionis tria genera, i. 336, 337; vii. 129. Ambra Grisia medicina, iii. 404. America, cause of the backwardness of their civilisation, v. 379. Amicitia, antitheta de, ii. 484, 485. qualis comparanda, iii. 97. Amomum, v. 131. Amor, antitheta de eo, ii. 484. ex genere gaudii est, iii. 426. Amortised, vi. 425. Ampère, On the Philosophy of Science, ii. 428. Amplification, the art of, ix. 152. Anabaptistarum hæresis, i. 300. Anabaptists, heresy of, vi. 316; ix. 199. Anagogical expositions of Scripture, vi. 404. Anagrams, in which Discoveries were concealed in the Middle Ages, i. 152. Analogies, not differences, the object of research, viii. 234. Analytica, ii. 397. Analytics, vi. 274; ix. 95. Anatomia, a medicis nimis neglecta, ii. 328. brutorum vivorum permissa, ii. 330. corporum organicorum, i. 350. Anatomy, invention of preparations in, ii. 330. of organic bodies, viii. 175; ix. 32, 33. simple, well treated of; comparative wanting, ix. 32. Anatomy-continued. interior parts of men differ from one another as much as their exterior, ib. of the living subject, how far reproved by Celsus, vi. 247. Anaxarchi patientia, ii. 313. Anaxarchus bit out his tongue under torture, ix. 17. Anaximenes aëra principium rerum posuit, v. 302. quamobrem, v. 302, 303. selected air as the one principle of things, x. 356. his reasons, ib. Anchoretæ longævi, iii. 431. Anchorites, longevity of, x 105. Ancient history, deficiencies in, vi. 131. Ancients, their use of parables, aphorisms, and fables, vi. 359. Angeli et spiritus, natura eorum, ii. 259-262. ordines angelorum, ii. 145. Angels, hierarchy and nature of, ii. 145, 261; vi. 137; viii. 479. regarded by the Schoolmen as forms not immersed in matter, v. 297. adoration of, forbidden, vi. 213. inquiry into their nature not interdicted, ib. cause of their fall, ix. 228. Anger of princes, how to avoid, ix. 251, 252. Anglia in bello semper Galliæ su- 1. rationalis, quæ divina, a spi- a. De motu voluntario, b. De sensu et sensibili; cujus desiderata, ii. 353-357. doctrina circa usum et objecta facultatum duas habet partes, ii. 358. 1. Logica, ii. 358-404. See 2. Ethica, iii. 7-50. See cultura animi, iii. 33-49. animam esse harmoniam, ii. 140. Animalia et plantas, discrimen inter, quoad renovationem ab Aristotele notatum, iii. 344. longinquitas vitæ eorum, iii. 354-366. ex putrefactione, i. 468. Animals, their shape attributed to the folds of the womb, i. 530; viii. 342. Animus humanus instar speculi totius mundi capax, ii 102. Annals, viii. 432. Annihilatio, omnipotentiæ prærogativa, iv. 30. Annihilation belongs to Omnipotence, x. 180. impossibility of, iv. 223. in nature is none, x. 156. the work of Omnipotence, x. 298. how to be effected, ib. Annotations of approved authors required, ix. 185. Antarctic hemisphere, x. 449. |