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Knowledge must start from some foundation, something must be…

Quote byPetr Uspensky · 1878–1947

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Tertium Organum (1912; 1922), Ch. I.

English (original)

Knowledge must start from some foundation, something must be recognized as known; otherwise we shall be obliged always to define one unknown by means of another.

— Petr Uspensky

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