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Quotation from A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge by George Berkeley
“in such things we ought to THINK WITH THE LEARNED, AND SPEAK WITH THE VULGAR.”
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, Part I, section 51 (Project Gutenberg text (capitals as printed))
Answering the objection that his view forbids saying that fire heats, Berkeley compares it to Copernicans who still say the sun rises.
Citation: "in such things we ought to THINK WITH THE LEARNED, AND SPEAK WITH THE VULGAR." — George Berkeley, A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, Part I, section 51 (Project Gutenberg text (capitals as printed)). (id berkeley-principles-of-human-knowledge-q7)
Portrait: George Berkeley by Jonh Smibert, John Smibert, Public domain.
