Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon…

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

1893

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Metaphysics Justifications and rationales Human nature

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Philosophical literature

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1893

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F.H. Bradley

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Bradley, F. H. Appearance and Reality. Routledge, 2010, preface.

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Bradley, F. H. Appearance and Reality. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1893, preface.

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