Still we live meanly like ants; though the fable tells us that we were long ago changed into men __ it is error upon error, and clout upon clout, and our best virtue has for its occasion a superfluous and evitable wretchedness. Our life is frittered away by detail. What does the image of ants represent? the author society nature the author's friends and acquaintances

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Still we live meanly like ants; though the fable tells us that we were long ago changed into men __ it is error upon error, and clout upon clout, and our best virtue has for its occasion a superfluous and evitable wretchedness. Our life is frittered away by detail. What does the image of ants represent? the author society nature the author's friends and acquaintances

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The image of ants in the given passage represents society. The author is suggesting that people in society live like ants, meaning they are constantly busy and preoccupied with trivial matters, and their lives are frittered away by details.

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