“...By a 'silly' theory I mean one which may be held at the time when one is talking or writing professionally, but which only an inmate of a lunatic asylum would think of carrying into daily life. ... It must not be supposed that the men who maintain these theories and beliefs are 'silly' people. Only very acute and learned men could have thought of anything so odd or defended anything so preposterous against the continual protests of common sense.” PeopleThinkingMenWritingMayMeanBeliefCommonTalkingHe ManTheorySillyCommon SenseOddProtestDaily LifeLunaticAsylumsInmatesLunatic AsylumsSilly People Author:C. D. Broad
“Now I do not myself share that superstitious reverence for the beliefs of common sense which many contemporary philosophers profess. But I think that we must start from them, and that we ought to depart from them only when we find good reason to do so.” ThinkingReasonBeliefCommonShareOughtPhilosophicalPhilosopherContemporaryCommon SenseReverenceSuperstitious Author:C. D. Broad
