The research work seeks to clarify the Baconian Method as “natural law”. It is argued that the other meaning of the Bacon Method concept, such as true difference, source of emanation or nature naturing, are part of its eclecticism, but, in a strict sense, these expressions say nothing about the laws of simple natures or physical phenomena. In contrast, the Method as a law not only allows us to better understand Bacon’s peculiar reading about natural legality, but it also makes it possible to establish associations with the operative part. The research also examines the relationship between Bacon’s natural law with theology and legal law.

Este artículo aborda, de forma crítica, la lectura de Ortega y Gasset en su libro España invertebrada (1921) en el cual explica la decadencia de España. A mi juicio, Ortega incurre en reduccionismos, tergiversaciones, biologismo, etc.; con lo que desvía las verdaderas razones por las que la ‘Madre Patria’ perdió su hegemonía en el mundo moderno. En el artículo muestro, basándome en la historiografía, las verdaderas causas que llevaron a España a la hecatombe.