The Philosopher Will Perhaps Give Him to Understand

He who ventures to answer these metaphysical questions at once by an appeal to a sort of intuitive perception, will encounter a smile and two notes of interrogation in a philosopher nowadays. It is improbable that you are not mistaken, but why should it be the truth? 17. With regard to the superstitions of logicians, I shall never tire of emphasising a small, first fact which is unwillingly recognised by these credulous minds,. namely that a thought comes when it wishes, and not when I wish.