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12. Knowledge Sources / C. Rationalism / 1. Rationalism

334	Only bird-brained people think astronomy is entirely a matter of evidence [Plato]
	Full Idea: Birds are empty-headed men who grew feathers instead of hair, because they were interested in astronomy but thought it was entirely a matter of physical evidence.
	From: Plato (Timaeus [c.349 BCE], 91d)