The Works of Francis Bacon
- Kind
- Book
- Date
- 2011-11-24
- Publisher
- Cambridge Univ Pr
- Retrieved
- Dec 13, 2011
- ISBN
- AaJ5xY1VTk
2 memes from this reference
Francis Bacon on Approaching Books
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; other to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by…
Men of Sciences as Experimentors or Dogmatists
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 middle course; it gathers its material from the flowers of the garden…