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The opinion on Method is well enough known among the Peripatetics and other philosophers: in those things which possess principles, causes, and elements, one must proceed from the knowledge of these components. Since, therefore, such things now come before us to be treated, namely those whose causes, principles, and elements are simple, it is necessary that we proceed from a prior knowledge of them. Thus, the regulated intellect should be led from parts to wholes, and from portions to integrated units, in the inquiry, discovery, and consideration of these things. In the art of reading and writing, one is led by the hand from pre-arranged and known elements to the formation of syllables. From these formed syllables, one is led to the utterance and expression of terms or words. In the same way, in the regulation of reason and the systematic formation of the intellect, a progression must be attempted. This begins from certain principles that are clearly proportional to letters, moves toward a certain composition proportional to syllables, and from there to the terms of a greater composition, just as one moves toward whole sentences.