Scepsis Scientifica. London 1661; 2i66$, 44 (zit. n. Laurens Laudan, The Nature and Sources of Locke's views on Hypothesis. In: Journal of the History of Ideas 28, 1967, 219 f.): (Wahre Philosophen) seek truth in the great book of nature, and in that search . . . proeeed with wariness and circumspection without too much forwardness in establishing maxims and positive doctrines.. . propose their opinions as hypotheses, that may probably be true aecounts, without peremptorily affirming that they are .. . But yet the greatest certainty, advanced from supposal, is still hypothetical.. .

Plus ultra or the Progress and Advancement of Knowledge since the days of Aristotle. London 1668 (Repr. Gainesville 1958), eh. XVII (p. 126): Thus the great impediment was removed, and the prejudice of Education overcome, when I thought further. That useful Knowledge was to be look'd for in God's great Book the Universe, and among those generous Men that had converst with real Nature, undisquised with Art and Notion.

A.Godet, Hexenglaube, Rationalität und Aufklärung: Joseph Glanvill und Johann Moriz Schwager. In: Deutsche Vierteljahresschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Geistesgeschichte 52, 1978, 581-603.

Principia Philosophiae IV 205.

E. Gilson, Kommentar zum »Discours de la Methode«. Paris 1947, 142 (zu »Discours« I 26).

Discours de la Methode I 14-15

H. Blumenberg, Die Legitimität der Neuzeit. Frankfurt 1966, 549 f. - Wenn Bruno doch für den ordo cognoscendi, wie er a confuso ad distinctum voranschreitet, auch jenes Gleichnis hat: eben so gehe man von der Kenntnis des Titels oder der Vorrede eines Traktats voran zu dessen voller Kenntnisnahme, dann sieht das nur parallel zu dem anderen Vergleich, man erfasse an einem Haus oder einem Menschen zuerst vage das Ganze, dann dessen Teile, beim Begriff zuerst das Genus, dann die Species (Summa Terminorum Metaphysicorum XXX; Opera lat. I 4, 53).

Novum Organum. Widmung an Jacob I. (Works I 123): Sunt certe prorsus nova: etiam toto genere: sed descripta ex veteri admodum exemplari, mundo scilicet ipso, et natura rerum et mentis.

Advancement of Learning I (Works III 268): ...in the book of God's word or in the book of God's works... let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both...

Valerius Terminus I 1 (Works III 222): And therefore it is not the pleasure of curiosity... but it is a restitution and reinvesting (in great parts) of man to the sovereignty and power (for whensoever he shall be able to call the creatures by their true names he shall again command them) which he had in his first State of creation.