“By this means all knowledge degenerates into probability; an…”

“By this means all knowledge degenerates into probability; and this probability is greater or less, according to our experience of the veracity or deceitfulness of our understanding, and according to the simplicity or intricacy of the question.”

— David Hume

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Part 4, Section 1

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