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INGLIS SCHOLARSHIPS 455 Π -bacon's Sfo&anctmcnt of teaming At what date did this work appear What was Bacon's condition at the time With what subjects is he chiefly occupied in the first portion of the work and with what in the second On what principle does Bacon found his threefold division of learning Upon which division of the subject does he bestow most care and why To what causes must be attributed his unfavourable estimate of poetry in general To what class of poets did he chiefly allude and of what species of poetry does he express the highest approbation and why What dangers did he apprehend from the division of the sciences and how did he propose to provide for them How tar have his anticipations been realized What remedy has been proposed of late to obviate the evil and why has Bacon's method been abandoned Give short account of his grand divisions of physical learning Which did he consider as the least attainable Explain what he says of final and formal causes and why has modern science been so much indebted for its advancement to one and so little to the other State Bacon's objection to the old methods of studying nature Under what division does Bacon place his doctrine De Idolis What relation does it bear to any similar division of the Aristotelian Logic Give an account of the three classes of Idola against which Bacon advises his readers to be upon their guard and illustrate by examples III -J3 aeon's B$ mv Give Bacon's own account of the purport character and intention of his Essays In the dedication to the latest edition of the Essays Bacon