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Never was there seen aught more wretched; and we might be surprised that a mathematician could reason so ill, had we not other, and far more illustrious examples, which clearly evince, that the study of the mathematics does not always render the mind more correct in relation to subjects beyond the sphere of the sciences.
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They may then be willing to cast principled votes based on an educated understanding of the public interest in the face of polls suggesting that the public itself may have quite a different understanding of where its interest lies.
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Jean Barbeyrac
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Born:
March 15, 1674
Died:
March 3, 1744
(aged 69)
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Jean Barbeyrac was a French jurist.
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