The Book, Cat, & Cat Book Lovers Almanac

of historical trivia regarding books, cats, and other animals. Actually this blog has evolved so that it is described better as a blog about cats in history and culture. And we take as a theme the advice of Aldous Huxley: If you want to be a writer, get some cats. Don't forget to see the archived articles linked at the bottom of the page.

April 9, 2009

Apr. 9, 1626

Francis Bacon, philosopher of the scientific method, died on April 9, 1626. One of his ideas was that men should study nature, so they would know how to interpret the Bible.
In his Essays, he refers to the "Wisdom of Rats," and we are using our cat space here to specify this wisdom. Apparently the phrase comes from Pliny's Natural History, where it is stated

"When a house is ready to tumble down, the mice go out of it before; and first of all the spiders with their webs fall down.."
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