Quote#Nature
This skeptical method consists very much in vicious circles. You…
Quote byRobert Chambers · 1802–1871
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Testimony: its Posture in the Scientific World (1859), p. 9.
English (original)
This skeptical method consists very much in vicious circles. You cannot know whether a fact be a fact till you have ascertained the laws of nature in the case, and you cannot know the laws of nature till you have ascertained facts.
— Robert Chambers
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