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“To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.”
—
Henri Poincaré
,
book
Science and Hypothesis
Douter de tout ou tout croire, ce sont deux solutions également commodes, qui l'une et l'autre nous dispensent de réfléchir.
Preface, Dover abridged edition (1952), p. xxii
Science and Hypothesis (1901)
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Douter de tout ou tout croire, ce sont deux solutions également commodes, qui l'une et l'autre nous dispensent de réfléchir.
, 1902
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