Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we belie… - F. H. Bradley

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Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct; but to find these reasons is no less an instinct.

F. H. Bradley

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Francis Herbert Bradley (30 January 1846 – 18 September 1924) was a British idealist philosopher.

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Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct; but to find these reasons is no less an instinct. - F. H. Bradley

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