There are ideas for libraries, colleges, and scientific societies. 
Finally, in the New Atlantis, there is a description of `Solomon's House", an elaborate institution of workshops, laboratories, and libraries, all dedicated to the systematic and collaborative pursuit of knowledge. 
Bacon's division of knowledge into Inspired Divinity and Philosophy is based on the idea that all knowledge is ultimately <tag "515647">derived</> from one or other of two sources: it may be `inspired by divine revelation", or it may arise from our senses of sight, touch, hearing, and the rest.   

