If in other sciences we should arrive at certainty without doubt and truth without error, it behooves us to place the fo — Francis Bacon
If in other sciences we should arrive at certainty without doubt and truth without error, it behooves us to place the fo — Francis Bacon
If in other sciences we should arrive at certainty without doubt and truth without error, it behooves us to place the fo — Francis Bacon
If in other sciences we should arrive at certainty without doubt and truth without error, it behooves us to place the fo — Francis Bacon
If in other sciences we should arrive at certainty without doubt and truth without error, it behooves us to place the fo — Francis Bacon
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If in other sciences we should arrive at certainty without doubt and truth without error, it behooves us to place the foundations of knowledge in mathematics.

— Francis Bacon
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