Governments must conform to the nature of the men governed.

Uniform ideas originating among entire peoples unknown to each other must have a common ground of truth.

Governments must conform to the nature of the men governed.

People first feel things without noticing them, then notice them with inner distress and disturbance, and finally reflect on them with a clear mind.

Understanding arises through making

Common sense is judgment without reflection, shared by an entire class, an entire nation, or the entire human race.

The nature of peoples is first crude, then severe, then benign, then delicate, finally dissolute.