C. D. Broad Quote

As so often happens in philosophy, clever people accept a false general principle on a priori grounds and then devote endless labour and ingenuity to explaining away plain facts which obviously conflict with it.

Ethics and the history of philosophy: selected essays (ed. 1952)

As so often happens in philosophy, clever people accept a false general principle on a priori grounds and then devote endless labour and ingenuity to ...

As so often happens in philosophy, clever people accept a false general principle on a priori grounds and then devote endless labour and ingenuity to ...

As so often happens in philosophy, clever people accept a false general principle on a priori grounds and then devote endless labour and ingenuity to ...

As so often happens in philosophy, clever people accept a false general principle on a priori grounds and then devote endless labour and ingenuity to ...