”Most people do not judge for themselves how things stand by nature."


Most people do not judge for themselves how things stand by nature. Instead, they look to the customs of their forebears and fail to achieve a sound judgment about reality, because they set up an irrational habit as their criterion of the good rather than any intelligent consideration. Consequently, they thrust themselves into positions of authority and powerand make much of prominence in this world and of material things[...]” (De Cant. 2, p. 73)

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