 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - Authors - 1866 - 860 pages
...method that the Divine word operated on the mass. Again, in Aph. 95 : Those who hare handled science have been 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... | |
 | Great Britain - 1870 - 492 pages
...when the experiment is performed." — " Saeo to» Ventlam." 1860. " Those who have handled sciences have been either men of experiment or men of dogmas....are like the ant ; they only collect and use : the rrasoners resemble spiders, who make cobwebs put of their own substance. But the bee takes a middle... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1870 - 88 pages
...knowledge. De Augm. W. TV. 434, tr. Those who have handled sciences have been either men of experience or men of dogmas. The men of experiment are like the...they only collect and use : the reasoners resemble the spiders, who make cobwebs out of their own substance. But the bee takes a middle course ; it gathers... | |
 | George Sexton - Theism - 1880 - 176 pages
...well observed that "those who have handled science have either been men of experiment or of theory. The men of experiment are like the ant — they only collect and use. The theorists are like the spiders who make cobwebs out of their own substance. But the bee takes a middle... | |
 | George Sexton - Theism - 1880 - 176 pages
...well observed that "those who have handled science have either been men of experiment or of theory. The men of experiment are like the ant — they only collect and use. The theorists are like the spiders who make cobwebs out of their own substance. But the bee takes a middle... | |
 | Thomas Fowler - Philosophy - 1881 - 254 pages
...experimental and rational faculties, such as has never yet been made. " Those who have handled sciences have been either men of experiment or men of dogmas....experiment are like the ant; they only collect and use; the fuit." Aph. 84. See the notes on this Aphorism in my edition of the Novum Organum. In the De Augmentis,... | |
 | Thomas Fowler - Philosophy - 1881 - 222 pages
...1. 372, &c.) and of the Christian Fathers towards those who maintained the existence of Antipodes, reasoners resemble spiders, who make cobwebs out of...takes, a, middle course; it gathers its material from tte 'flowers of the 'giarden and of the field, but transforms a.6d': digest* ;ifr by, a, po^er" of... | |
 | Apologetics - 1891 - 492 pages
...well observed that " those who have handled science have either been men of experiment, or of theory. The men of experiment are like the ant — they only collect and use. The theorists are like the spiders who make cobwebs out of their own substance. But the bee takes a middle... | |
 | 1905 - 958 pages
...think fit here also, in plain and simple words, to represent them. xcv. Those who have handled sciences have been either men of experiment or men of dogmas....spiders, who make cobwebs out of their own substance 85 . But the bee takes a middle course ; it gathers its material from the flowers of the garden and... | |
 | Augustus Hopkins Strong - Theology - 1907 - 404 pages
...like the ant : they only collect material aud put it to immediate use. The abstract reasoners are like spiders, who make cobwebs out of their own substance....a middle course: it gathers its material from the tlowcrs of the garden and the Held, while it transforms and digests what it gathers by a power of its... | |
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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... 
