What social psychologists call `The principle of superficiality versus depth” has pervaded Western culture since at least the time of Plato. ==Historical sketch== Socrates sought to convince his debaters to turn from the superficiality of a worldview based on the acceptance of convention to the examined life of philosophy, founded (as Plato at..... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superficiality
Su`per·fi`ci·al'i·ty noun [ Confer French superficialité .] The quality or state of being superficial; also, that which is superficial. Sir T. Browne. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/241