Full Idea
For people to ignore the evidence of their senses and look for an explanation for everything being at rest is feeble-minded.
Gist of Idea
It is feeble-minded to look for explanations of everything being at rest
Source
comment on Parmenides (fragments/reports [c.474 BCE]) by Aristotle - Physics 253a32
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Physics', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP 1996], p.192
A Reaction
Not exactly an argument, but an interestingly robust assertion of commonsense against dodgy arguments. Aristotle is not exactly an empiricist, but he is on that side of the fence.