Antoine Lavoisier Quote

The only method of preventing such errors from taking place, and of correcting them when formed, is to restrain and simplify our reasoning as much as possible. This depends entirely upon ourselves, and the neglect of it is the only source of our mistakes.


Elements of Chemistry in a New Systematic Order, Preface of the Author (p. xviii), Printed for William Creech. Edinburgh, Scotland. 1790


The only method of preventing such errors from taking place, and of correcting them when formed, is to restrain and simplify our reasoning as much as ...

The only method of preventing such errors from taking place, and of correcting them when formed, is to restrain and simplify our reasoning as much as ...

The only method of preventing such errors from taking place, and of correcting them when formed, is to restrain and simplify our reasoning as much as ...

The only method of preventing such errors from taking place, and of correcting them when formed, is to restrain and simplify our reasoning as much as ...