Quote#Speech
The first cause of Absurd conclusions I ascribe to the want of…
Quote byThomas Hobbes · 1588–1679
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The First Part, Chapter 5, p. 20 (See also: Algorithms).
English (original)
The first cause of Absurd conclusions I ascribe to the want of Method; in that they begin not their Ratiocination from Definitions; that is, from settled significations of their words: as if they could cast account, without knowing the value of the numerall words, one, two, and three.
— Thomas Hobbes
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