One who tries to prevent his ruminations from straying, by hewing to what can be observed, and proving things, when possible, by rules of logic.
-from Neal Stephenson’s Quicksilver, Vol. 1 of the Baroque Cycle
One who tries to prevent his ruminations from straying, by hewing to what can be observed, and proving things, when possible, by rules of logic.
-from Neal Stephenson’s Quicksilver, Vol. 1 of the Baroque Cycle
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