ität ." ▁But ▁as ▁he ▁prompt ly ▁adds : ▁" S ie ▁k ling t ▁uns ▁über all ▁ent g egen , ▁nicht ▁nur ▁in ▁der ▁Natur ph il osoph ie ." ▁ ▁The ▁found ations ▁ ▁Ba con ' s ▁Nov um ▁Organ um ▁ ▁The ▁ground work ▁for ▁this ▁int ensive ▁search ▁to ▁understand ▁life ▁was ▁laid ▁down ▁by ▁Francis ▁Ba con , ▁who ▁sought ▁to ▁swe ep ▁clean ▁the ▁A uge an ▁st ables ▁of ▁late ▁medieval ▁Sch ol astic ism , ▁with ▁its ▁increasing ly ▁obt use ▁and ▁confused ▁attempts ▁to ▁approach ▁natur a ▁natur ans ▁( n ature ▁becoming ▁or ▁' n aturing ') ▁using ▁the ▁old ▁Greek ▁no etic ▁capacity , ▁already ▁long ▁lost ▁to ▁the ▁Western ▁mind ▁and ▁having ▁gone ▁under ground ▁into ▁the ▁arts , ▁but ▁also ▁the ▁nom inal ist ▁st ray ing ▁into ▁abstra ctions ▁and ▁ref ra ctions ▁in ▁their ▁study ▁of ▁natur a ▁natur ata ▁via ▁secondary ▁phen omena ▁as ▁in ▁Newton ' s ▁study ▁of ▁color ▁( cf . ▁Go ethe ' s ▁Far ben le hre ▁or ▁Study ▁of ▁Color ). ▁Ne ither ▁the ▁Real ists ▁nor ▁the ▁Nom inal ists ▁of ▁late ▁medieval ▁sch ol astic ism ▁could ▁handle ▁the ▁task ▁before ▁them , ▁and ▁Ba con ▁sought , ▁at ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁the ▁Age ▁of ▁Science , ▁to ▁provide ▁a ▁method ▁to ▁approach ▁nature ' s ▁outer ▁form ▁r ation ally , ▁but ▁by ▁means ▁of ▁a ▁conscious ▁use ▁of ▁man ' s ▁higher ▁fac ulty ▁in