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The Greater Work

Bacon, Roger · 1733

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PREFACE.

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On the preservation of the senses, 1 book.	I think and I have thought. original: "Cogito & cogitavi." Bale. Pits.
On the prolongation of life, 1 book.	Bale. Pits.
The antidote-manual of human life, 1 book.	Leland. Bale. Pits.
The Greater Rogerina, 1 book.	Just as by the ancients. original: "Sicut ab antiquis." The "Rogerina" refers to Bacon's own medical compendiums, named after himself. Bale. Pits.
The Lesser Rogerina, 1 book.	Human nature. original: "Humana natura." Bale. Pits.
On sleep and waking, 2 books.	Bale. Pits.

THEOLOGY.


Of Sermons or Addresses, 1 book.	Pits.
Commentaries on the Books of Sentences, 4 books.	Leland. Bale. Pits. The Books of Sentences by Peter Lombard was the standard textbook of theology in medieval universities; Bacon’s commentaries were his academic response to it.
On the Psalter.	Leland. This refers to a commentary on the Book of Psalms.
On the victory of Christ against the Antichrist.	I am no prophet. original: "Ne sum propheta." Leland.
A Compendium of Theological Study, 5 books.	Since, however. original: "Quoniam autem." Bale. Pits.
On the causes of abundance or scarcity.	Leland. Bale. Pits.

PHILOLOGY & MISCELLANEOUS.


To Clement IV, Roman Pontiff, 1 book.	To the most holy Father. original: "Sanctissimo Patri." Pope Clement IV was Roger Bacon's primary patron, who encouraged him to write his major works in secret. Leland. Bale. Pits.
On the impediments to wisdom, 1 book.	Leland. Bale. Pits.
On the value of Music, 1 book.	Bale. Pits.
On intentional degrees, 1 book.	Every form. original: "Omnis forma." In medieval science, degrees referred to the intensity of qualities like heat or light. Pits.
On medicinal degrees, 1 book.	Leland. Bale.
On the q regions of the world, 1 book.	Bale. Pits.
On the causes of human ignorance, 1 book.	Bale. Pits.
On the utility of the sciences, 11 books.	Bale. Pits.
On the works of Virgil, several books.	Bale. Pits.

q Perhaps regions. The original Latin text used "regibus" (kings), but the editor provides a gloss suggesting "regionibus" (regions) was the intended meaning.

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