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“The source of Pyrrhonism comes from failing to distinguish between a demonstration, a proof and a probability. A demonstration supposes that the contradictory idea is impossible; a proof of fact is where all the reasons lead to belief, without there being any pretext for doubt; a probability is where the reasons for belief are stronger than those for doubting.”
—Andrew Michael Ramsay (16861743)
“I have just opened Bacons Advancement of Learning for the first time, which I read with great delight. It is more like what Scotts novels were than anything.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
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