"Men act like brutes in so far as the sequences of their perceptions arise through the principle of memory only, like those empirical physicians who have mere practice without theory"

In this quote, Gottfried Leibniz recommends that men who rely exclusively on their past experiences and memories to make choices and judgments are behaving like animals (brutes), instead of reasonable beings capable of abstract thinking and theoretical thinking. He compares these men to empirical physicians who rely exclusively on practical experience without any theoretical understanding of medication. Leibniz appears to be advocating for a more holistic approach to decision-making that integrates both previous experiences and theoretical knowledge.