Meanings of vulgar minds in English

The contempt for 'ideas' is the mark of shallow and vulgar minds.

Avoid the attrition of vulgar minds; keep your edges intact.

That all this great work should be brought about by a woman is inconceivable to vulgar minds.

How vulgar minds always take refuge in the most commonplace explanations that they can find of high truths!

Romances, silly stories, and the tales of ghosts and wizards, are more pleasing to vulgar minds than true histories.

It is only vulgar minds that mistake bigness for greatness; for greatness is of the soul, not of the body.

But, being only used to subtle disquisitions with philosophers, he did not possess that imperious energy which commands vulgar minds.

Such is ever the effect upon vulgar minds of geniality in superiors: they love to be stooped to from the heights.

Nothing has more retarded the advancement of learning than the disposition of vulgar minds to ridicule and vilify what they cannot comprehend.

To have to support a great name may seem a burden to vulgar minds, but it is an encouragement to vigorous ones.

He rejects this scheme as fit "for vulgar minds," and proceeds to sketch the outline of all subsequent "philosophic" languages.

His political principles were sharply defined in reality, but smoothed over by a conventional and decorous benevolence of language, which deceived vulgar minds.

These indeed are the notions of vulgar minds; but it is impossible to determine, how far the notions of vulgar minds may lead mankind.

This incident altogether is exceedingly striking, and might, one should think, be very advantageously studied by all who are in authority over vulgar minds.-E

To vulgar minds real depth is incomprehensible; it is perhaps for that reason that the populace is so prone to admire what it cannot understand.

Though I knew the man to be thoroughly selfish, I believed him to have that dogged sort of honesty not uncommon to very vulgar minds.