Man is designed to be a comprehensivist .
The wise man knows of all things, as far as possible, although he has no knowledge of each of them in detail
The charge is often made against the intelligentsia and other members of the anointed that their theories and the policies based on them lack common sense. But the very commonness of common sense makes it unlikely to have any appeal to the anointed. How can they be wiser and nobler than everyone else while agreeing with everyone else?
Common-sense knowledge is prompt, categorical, and inexact.
When I do research, I cast my net very widely and then snatch what feels right out of that. Occasionally I'll read a specific book for a specific book, but usually I'm trying to increase my general understanding.
General knowledges are those knowledges that idiots possess.
There are two kinds of knowledge, local and universal.
Common sense is better than genius, and hence its bestowment is more universal.
Philosophy is the product of wonder. The effort after the general characterization of the world around us is the romance of human thought.
I am not a scientist, but I don't need to be.
Common sense is the average sensibility and intelligence of men undisturbed by individual peculiarities.
Its a bit mad. Too bad, I mean, that getting to know each just for a fleeting second Must be replaced by unperfect knowledge of the featureless whole Like some pocket history of the world, so general As to constitute a sob or wail
