Bertrand Russell Quote

All exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation. When a man tells you that he knows the exact truth about anything, you are safe in infering that he is an inexact man.


As quoted in World Unity, Vol. IX, 3rd edition (1931), p. 190


All exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation. When a man tells you that he knows the exact truth about anything, you are safe in...

All exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation. When a man tells you that he knows the exact truth about anything, you are safe in...

All exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation. When a man tells you that he knows the exact truth about anything, you are safe in...

All exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation. When a man tells you that he knows the exact truth about anything, you are safe in...