Man's determination not to be deceived is precisely the origin of the problem of knowledge. The question is always and only this: to learn to know and to grasp reality in the midst of a thousand causes of error which tend to vitiate our observation.


Translated by Katharine Head Royce, Problems of Science, Chapter I (p. 10)

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Man's determination not to be deceived is precisely the origin of the problem of knowledge. The question is always and only this: to learn to know...

Man's determination not to be deceived is precisely the origin of the problem of knowledge. The question is always and only this: to learn to know...

Man's determination not to be deceived is precisely the origin of the problem of knowledge. The question is always and only this: to learn to know...

Man's determination not to be deceived is precisely the origin of the problem of knowledge. The question is always and only this: to learn to know...