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,... English Philosophers and Schools of Philosophy - Page 34by James Seth - 1912 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
| Francis Bacon - 1858 - 540 pages
...use : the reasoners resemble / f spiders, who make cobwebs out of their own substance. But the bee takes a middle course ; it gathers its material from...philosophy ; for it neither relies solely or chiefly on thejjowfiis of the mind, nor does it take the matter which it gathers from natural history and mechanical... | |
| Joseph Napier - 1864 - 350 pages
...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 the field, but transforms and digests by a power of its own." Herein is wisdom. And in the application... | |
| James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1866 - 860 pages
...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...by a power of its own. Not unlike this is the true busincss of philosophy. It is happily a rare mode of assailing the reputation of a writer, to paraphrase... | |
| 1870 - 974 pages
...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...philosophy ; for it neither relies solely or chiefly on the power of the mind, nor does it take the matter which it gathers from natural history and mechanical... | |
| 1870 - 492 pages
...takes a middle course ; it gathers ite material from the flowers of the garden and of the field, hut transforms and digests it by a power of its own. Not...philosophy ; for it neither relies solely or chiefly on the power of the mind, nor does it take the matter which it gathers from natural history and mechanical... | |
| Birmingham Speculative Club - 1870 - 320 pages
...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 the field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own. Not unlike this is the true business... | |
| George Sexton - 1880 - 176 pages
...gathers its materials from the flowers of the garden and the field, but transforms and digests them by a power of its own. Not unlike this is the true business of philosophy."* And it is this true principle of philosophy that must be followed in discussing the question before... | |
| George Sexton - 1880 - 176 pages
...gathers its materials from the flowers of the garden and the field, but transforms and digests them by a power of its own. Not unlike this is the true business of philosophy."* And it is this true principle of philosophy that must be followed in discussing the question before... | |
| Thomas Fowler - 1881 - 254 pages
...of Antipodes, reasoners resemble spiders, who make cobwebs out of their own substance. But the bee takes a middle course ; it gathers its material from...by a power of its own. Not unlike this is the true mode in which philosophy works. For it neither relies solely or chiefly on the powers of the mind,... | |
| Alexander Campbell Fraser - 1890 - 324 pages
...use. The abstract reasoners are like 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 the field, while it transforms and digests what it gathers by a power not its own. Not unlike this... | |
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