"When Reason invades the rights of Common Sense, and presumes to arraign that authority by which she herself acts, nonsense and confusion must of necessity ensue; science will soon come to have neither head nor tail, beginning nor end; philosophy will grow contemptible; and its adherents, far from being treated, as in former times, upon the footing of conjurers, will be thought by the vulgar, and by every man of sense, to be little better than downright fools."
An Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth; in Opposition to Sophistry and Scepticism
10 entries in ESTC (1770, 1771, 1772, 1773, 1774, 1777, 1778).<br>
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Beattie, James. <u>An Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth; in Opposition to Sophistry and Scepticism</u> (Edinburgh: A Kincaid & J. Bell, 1770). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&contentSet=ECCOArticles&type=multipage&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docId=CW121716299&source=gale&userGroupName=viva_uva&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from corrected and enlarged second edition of 1771. &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=1ekYAAAAYAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;