John Arbuthnot Quote

It is impossible for a Die, with such determin'd force and direction, not to fall on such determin'd side, only I don't know the force and direction which makes it fall on such determin'd side, and therefore I call it Chance, which is nothing but the want of art.


Of the Laws of Chance (1692)


It is impossible for a Die, with such determin'd force and direction, not to fall on such determin'd side, only I don't know the force and direction...

It is impossible for a Die, with such determin'd force and direction, not to fall on such determin'd side, only I don't know the force and direction...

It is impossible for a Die, with such determin'd force and direction, not to fall on such determin'd side, only I don't know the force and direction...

It is impossible for a Die, with such determin'd force and direction, not to fall on such determin'd side, only I don't know the force and direction...