The Herd of Reason and Instinct

Since Plato, all theologians and philosophers have followed the same path. In matters of morality, instinct, or as Christians call it, faith, has hitherto triumphed. Our senses never learn completely to be subtle, reliable, and cautious organs of knowledge. It is difficult and painful for the ear to listen to anything new; we hear strange music badly. When we hear another language spoken, we involuntarily attempt to form the sounds into words with which we are more familiar and conversant. The Germans modified the spoken word, acubilista, into armbrost, crossbow. We find it easier, on a given occasion, to produce a picture already often produced than to seize