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| 3648 | Empiricists are collecting ants; rationalists are spinning spiders; and bees do both |
| Full Idea: Empiricists are like ants; they collect and put to use; but rationalists, like spiders, spin threads out of themselves. (…and bees follow the middle way, of collecting material and transforming it). | |||
| From: Francis Bacon (Cogitata et Visa [1607]) | |||
| A reaction: Nice (and so concisely expressed). Bees seem to be just more intelligent and energetic empiricists. |