And yet, even in this conversing with men I spoke of but now, I have observed this vice, that instead of gathering observations from others, we make it our whole business to lay ourselves open to them, and are more concerned how to expose and set out our own commodities, than how to increase our stock by acquiring new.
Aristotelek dioenak, aipaturiko honi, Anaxagorasi eta beste zenbaiti, beharrezko gauzei buruz ezaxolatiak zirelakoan, jakileak eta ez zuhurrak esaten zitzaienez (gainera, bi hitzen arteko ezberdintasuna ez dakusat garbiki) ez ditu nik aipatu pedanteak desenkusatzen;