“The light of common sense is fundamentally the same light as that of science, that is to say, the natural light of the intellect. But in common sense this light does not return upon itself by critical reflection, and is not perfected by what we shall learn to know as a scientific habit.” KnowsDoeLightNaturalCommonReturnHabitReflectionCriticalIntellectCommon SenseNot PerfectNatural LightCritical Reflection Book:An EPZ Introduction to Philosophy Source: An EPZ Introduction to Philosophy
“Nature is indeed a specious ward, nay, there is a great deal in it if it is properly understood and applied, but I cannot bear to hear people using it to justify what common sense must disavow. Is not Nature modifed by art in many things? Was it not designed to be so? And is it not happy for human society that it is so? Would you like to see your husband let his beard grow, until he would be obliged to put the end of it in his pocket, because this beard is the gift of Nature?” PeopleIfsHumansArtEndsWould BeGrowsNatureNaturalDealsCommonBearsHusbandUnderstoodCommon SensePocketsJustifyObligedBeardNot HappyHuman SocietyYour Husband Author:Mary Wortley Montagu
“Profundity easily turns into dullness and astuteness deteriorates into wit. Be guided by natural common sense and it will accommodate great and small.” TurnsNaturalCommonWitCommon SenseAccommodateDullnessProfundity Author:Franz Grillparzer