Ramsay Snow

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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 (1686–1743)

    And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword,
    Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord!
    George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)