An idea from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

Careful thinking about the mind still earns its place. Vague, grand ideas give superstition somewhere to hide. The only way to clear them out is to map what the mind can and can’t do, and then stay inside that map.

From An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

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