"The first step on the path to realism is to realise that one has always
been a realist; the second is to recognize that, however much one tries
to think differently, one will never succeed; the third is to note that
those who claim that they think differently, think as realists as soon
as they forget to act a part. If they ask themselves why, their
conversion is almost complete."
Etienne Gilson, The Unity of Philosophical Experience, 1937
Etienne Gilson, The Unity of Philosophical Experience, 1937