Full Idea
Philosophers are skilled at resisting even the most inviting thoughts.
Gist of Idea
Philosophers are good at denying the obvious
Source
Katherine Hawley (How Things Persist [2001], 5)
Book Reference
Hawley,Katherine: 'How Things Persist' [OUP 2004], p.141
A Reaction
Not exactly 'despair', but it does show how far philosophers are able to stray from common sense. Monads, real possible worlds, real sets… Thomas Reid, the philosopher of common sense, might be the antidote.