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Argument is conclusive... but... it does not remove doubt, so
that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it
by the method of experiment. For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory
arguments that fire burns. his hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would
he avoid the fire until he put his hand in it that he might learn by experiment
what argument taught.
All science requires mathematics. The knowledge
of mathematical things is almost innate in us. This is the easiest of sciences,
a fact which is obvious in that no one's brain rejects it; for laymen and people
who are utterly illiterate know how to count and reckon.
Reasoning draws a conclusion, but does not make the conclusion certain, unless the mind discovers it by the path of experience.
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