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This is the opening of the Sixth Book of Lucretius. Bacon probably quoted from memory; the lines are—
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Prov. xxv. 2.
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Τὸ τὶ ἦν εἶναι, or ἦν οὐσία of Aristotle.—See lib. iii. Metap.
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These divisions are from Aristotle’s Metaphysics, where they are termed, 1. ὓλη ἢ τὸ ὑποκείμενον. 2. τὸ τὶ ἦν εἶναι. 3. ὅθεν ἡ ἀρχὴ τῆς κινήσεως. 4. τὸ οὗ ἕνεκεν—καὶ τὸ ἀγαθόν.
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See Aphorism li. and second paragraph of Aphorism lxv. in the first book.