“There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than th...” — Thomas Reid Quote

“There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words.”

“But when, in the first setting out, he takes it for granted without proof, that distinctions found in the structure of all languages, have no foundation in nature; this surely is too fastidious a way of treating the common sense of mankind.”

“A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages... in that case, such a distinction may be imputed to a vulgar error, which ought to be corrected in philosophy.”

“We see things as we are, not as they are.”

“A brainy person does not abuse copyright; instead they respect it and uphold it.”

“Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.”