Philosophers, and especially Christian philosophers, should constantly battle against the judgments of the senses or prejudices, and especially prejudices as dangerous as that of the efficacy of secondary causes; and yet, for I do not know what reason, people whom I rightfully respect a great deal try to confirm this prejudice, and even to pass off as superstitious and ridiculous a doctrine so holy, pure, and well founded as that which maintains that only God is a true cause.