Illud vero nihil aliud est quam quod texturae naturales multo subtiliores sint quam artificiosae. quod hujusmodi perspicilla opera naturae illustrent, artis dehonestent.
Etiam superstitiosam quandam observationem in hac re (ut fit in rebus novis et miris) addiderunt homines : viz. Quinetiam aiunt lineam rectam calamo vel penecillo descriptam, per hujusmodi perspicilla inaequalem admodum et tortuosam cerni : quia scilicet nec motus manus, licet per regulam adjutae, nec impressio atramenti aut coloris revera aequalia existant licet illae inaequalitates tam minutae sint ut sine adjumento hujusmodi perspicillorum conspici nequeant. Primi generis sunt (missis bis-oculis et hujusmodi, quae valent tantum ad corrigendam et levandam infirmitatem visus non bene dispositi, atque ideo nihil amplius informant) ea quae nuper inventa sunt perspicilla quae latentes et invisibiles corporum minutias, et occultos schematismos et motus (aucta insigniter specierum magnitudine) demonstrant quorum vi, in pulice, musca, vermiculis, accurata corporis figura et lineamenta, necnon colores et motus prius non conspicui, non sine admiratione cernuntur. Auxilia autem triplicia esse posse videntur : vel ut percipiat non visa vel ut majore intervallo vel ut exactius et distinctius. Inter sensus autem manifestum est partes primas tenere Visum, quoad informationem quare huic sensui praecipue auxilia conquirenda.
Inter praerogativas instantiarum ponemus loco decimo sexto Instantias Januae sive Portae : eo enim nomine eas appellamus quae juvant actiones sensus immediatas. Of these I shall now speak in their order.
#Saepe humanos affectus aut series#
Of these five instances of the lamp, the first strengthen, enlarge, and rectify the immediate actions of the senses the second make manifest things which are not directly perceptible by means of others which are the third indicate the continued processes or series of those things and motions which are for the most part unobserved except in their end or periods the fourth provide the sense with some substitute when it utterly fails the fifth excite the attention and notice of the sense, and at the same time set bounds to the subtlety of things. For since all interpretation of nature commences with the senses and leads from the perceptions of the senses by a straight, regular, and guarded path to the perceptions of the understanding, which are true notions and axioms, it follows of necessity that the more copious and exact the representations of the senses, the more easily and prosperously will everything proceed. Now follow five classes of instances which under one general name I call Instances of the Lamp, or of First Information. Harum autem quinque instantiarum lampadis, primae roborant, ampliant, et rectificant actiones sensus immediatas secundae deducunt non-sensibile ad sensibile tertiae indicant processus continuatos sive series earum rerum et motuum quae (ut plurimum) non notantur nisi in exitu aut periodis quartae aliquid substituunt sensui in meris destitutionibus quintae excitant attentionem sensus et advertentiam, atque una limitant subtilitatem rerum. Cum enim omnis interpretatio naturae incipiat a sensu, atque a sensuum perceptionibus recta, constanti, et munita via ducat ad perceptiones intellectus, quae sunt notiones verae et axiomata necesse est ut, quanto magis copiosae et exactae fuerint repraesentationes sive praebitiones ipsius sensus, tanto omnia cedant facilius et foelicius. Sequuntur quinque ordines instantiarum, quas uno vocabulo generali Instantias Lampadis sive Informationis Primae appellare consuevimus.
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