Sentence:  The Academics talk always of Doubts and ſuſpense of Judgment, of Danger in haſty Determinations, of confining to the very narrow Bounds the Enquiries of the Understanding, and of renouncing all Speculations that lie not within the Limits of common Life and Practice. Nothing, therefore, can be more contrary than ſuch a Philoſophy to the <WSD>ſupine</WSD> Indolence of the Mind, its raſh Arrogance, its lofty Pretenſions, and its ſuperſtitious Credulity. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Reluctant to take action due to indifference or moral weakness; apathetic or passive towards something.