It is certain that the easy and obvious philosophy will always, with the generality of mankind, have preference above the accurate.


Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects...: An enquiry concerning human understanding. A dissertation on the passions (ed. 1770)

David Hume Quotes

It is certain that the easy and obvious philosophy will always, with the generality of mankind, have preference above the accurate.

It is certain that the easy and obvious philosophy will always, with the generality of mankind, have preference above the accurate.

It is certain that the easy and obvious philosophy will always, with the generality of mankind, have preference above the accurate.

It is certain that the easy and obvious philosophy will always, with the generality of mankind, have preference above the accurate.