 The men of experiment are like the ant; they only collect and use: the reasoners resemble spiders, who make cobwebs out of their own substance. But the bee takes a middle course; it gathers its material from the flowers of the garden and of the field,...  Bacon - Page 102by Thomas Fowler - 1881 - 202 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1858 - 524 pages
...experiment or men of dogmas. The wen of experiment arc like the ant ; they only collect and use : the reasoners resemble spiders, who make cobwebs out of...by a power of its own. Not unlike this is the true business of philosophy ; for it neither relies solely or chiefly on the powers of the mind, nor does... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1858 - 544 pages
...dogmas. The uien of experiment arc like the ant ; they only collect and use : the reasoners resemble / f spiders, who make cobwebs out of their own substance....by a power of its own. Not unlike this is the true business of philosophy ; for it neither relies solely or chiefly on thejjowfiis of the mind, nor does... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 516 pages
...experiment or men of dogmas. The men of experiment are like the ant; they only collect and use: the reasoners resemble spiders, who make cobwebs out of...by a power of its own. Not unlike this is the true business of philosophy; for it neither relies solely or chiefly on the powers of the mind, nor does... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1861 - 578 pages
...experiment or men of dogmas. .The uen of experiment are like the ant ; they only collect and use : the reasoners resemble spiders, who make cobwebs out of...by a power of its own. Not unlike this is the true business of philosophy ; for it neither relies solely or chiefly on the powers of the mind, nor does... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy, English - 1864 - 528 pages
...experiment or men of dogmas. The men of experiment are like the ant ; they only collect and use : the reasoners resemble spiders, who make cobwebs out of...by a power of its own. Not unlike this is the true business of philosophy ; for it neither relies solely or chiefly on the powers of the mind, nor does... | |
 | sir Joseph Napier (1st bart.) - 1864 - 350 pages
...combine. " The men of experiment (says Lord Bacon), are like the ant, they only collect and use; the reasoners resemble spiders, who make cobwebs out of...gathers its material from the flowers of the garden and the field, but transforms and digests by a power of its own." Herein is wisdom. And in the application... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - Authors - 1866 - 860 pages
...experiment or men of dogmas. The men of experiment are like the ant, they only colleet and use ; the reasoners resemble spiders, who make cobwebs out of their own substance. But tho bee takes a middle course, it gathers its material from the flowers of the garden and of the field,... | |
 | 1870 - 974 pages
...experiment or men of dogmas. The men of experiment are like the ant; they only collect and use : the reasoners resemble spiders, who make cobwebs out of...by a power of its own. Not unlike this is the true business of philosophy ; for it neither relies solely or chiefly on the power of the mind, nor does... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1870 - 88 pages
...dogmas. The men of experiment are like the ant ; they only collect and use : the reasoners resemble the spiders, who make cobwebs out of their own substance....by a power of its own. Not unlike this is the true business of philosophy; for it neither relies solely or chiefly on the powers of the mind, nor does... | |
 | Birmingham Speculative Club - Medicine - 1870 - 320 pages
...experiment or men of dogmas. The men of experiment, are like the ant, they only collect and use; the reasoners resemble spiders who make cobwebs out of...gathers its material from the flowers of the garden and the field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own. Not unlike this is the true business... | |
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