“The method of not erring is sought by all the world.”

— Blaise Pascal

The Art of Persuasion
Context: The method of not erring is sought by all the world. The logicians profess to guide it, the geometricians alone attain it, and apart from science, and the imitations of it, there are no true demonstrations.

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