PART I.

HISTORY OF SCIENTIFIC IDEAS.

[We have just spoken of _Theories_ and _Facts_, of _Ideas_ and _Facts_, and of _Inductive_ Sciences, which imply the opposition of _Induction_ and _Deduction_. The explanation of these antitheses must be the starting point of our Philosophy.]

[Knowledge grows, and] through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widen'd with the process of the Suns.