Trip 282 of 4200 collection book3
In the first place there is a continual war carried on against thebook74 learned professions by all those who conscious of their own ignorance seek to level the reputation of their superiors with their own. Secondly in all disputes upon physic that happen betwixt a person who really understands the art and an illiterate pretender the arguments of the first will seem obscure and unintelligible to those who are unacquainted with the previous systems on which they are built while the others theory derived from common notions and superficial observation will be more agreeable because better adapted to the comprehension of the hearers.... read all
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