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" Those who have handled sciences have been either men of 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 their own substance. But the bee takes a... "
Lectures on Butler's Analogy of Religion, to the Constitution and Course of ... - Page 248
by Joseph Napier - 1864 - 325 pages
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 4

Francis Bacon - 1858 - 540 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....gathers its material from the flowers of the garden and of the field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own. Not unlike this is the true business...
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The Works, Volume 4

Francis Bacon - 1858 - 516 pages
...who have handled sciences have been either men of experiment or men of dogmas. The men of experiment are like the ant; they only collect and use: the reasoners...gathers its material from the flowers of the garden and of the field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own. Not unlike this is the true business...
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The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon, with Prefaces and Notes ..., Volume 4

Francis Bacon - 1861 - 578 pages
...who have handled sciences have been either men of experiment or men of dogmas. .The uen of experiment are like the ant ; they only collect and use : the...gathers its material from the flowers of the garden and of the field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own. Not unlike this is the true business...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Translations of the philosophical works

Francis Bacon - 1863 - 532 pages
...who have handled sciences have been either men of experiment or men of dogmas. The men of experiment are like the ant ; they only collect and use : the...gathers its material from the flowers of the garden and of the field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own. Not unlike this is the true business...
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Works, Volume 8

Francis Bacon - 1864 - 528 pages
...who have handled sciences have been either men of experiment or men of dogmas. The men of experiment are like the ant ; they only collect and use : the...gathers its material from the flowers of the garden and of the field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own. Not unlike this is the true business...
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A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the ..., Volume 1

William Thomas Brande, George William Cox - 1865 - 978 pages
...of their own brain : there is a middle and a better way — that of the bee, which derives, indeed, its material from the flowers of the garden and the field, but converts and digests it by it« own proper virtue.' These two books of the Orr/antm form the second...
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Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Volume 74

James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1866 - 860 pages
...either men of 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,...
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A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the ..., Volume 1

William Thomas Brande - 1867 - 974 pages
...at that time the instrument was similar to t liât way — that of the bee, which derives, indeed, its material from the flowers of the garden and the field, but converts and digests it by its own proper virtue." These two books of the Organon form the second great...
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Essays by Members of the Birmingham Speculative Club

Birmingham Speculative Club - 1870 - 320 pages
...science," says Bacon, " have been either men of experiment or men of dogmas. The men of experiment, are like the ant, they only collect and use; the reasoners...the garden and the field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own. Not unlike this is the true business of philosophy, for it neither relies...
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The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine

1870 - 974 pages
...who have handled sciences hare been either men of experiment or men of dogmas. The men of experiment are like the ant; they only collect and use : the...gathers its material from the flowers of the garden and of the field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own. Not unlike this is the true business...
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