英国哲学家培根,在他的《新工具》一书中,曾经把三种不同类型的哲学家比喻作蚂蚁、蜘蛛和蜜蜂。他说,经验主义者好象蚂蚊,他们只知收集起来使用。理性主义者好象蜘蛛,他们只知吐丝把网造出来。蜜蜂则采取一种中间的道路,它从花园和田野里面的花丛中采集材料,而且用他自己的力量来改变和消化这种材料。真正的哲学工作者也正象这样。在这位哲学家的笔下,一些抽象的、深邃的哲理表述得如此通 In his book New Tools, the British philosopher Bacon used to describe three different types of philosophers as ants, spiders and bees. He said empiricists seem to be mosquitoes, and they only know to collect it for use. Rationalists seem to be spiders, who only know that silk is made out of mesh. Bees take a middle way, collecting materials from flowers in gardens and fields, and using their own power to change and digest the material. The true philosopher is just like that. In the pen of the philosopher, some abstract and profound philosophical statements are so communicated