The opinion that man has long been placed in the centre of the universe, considering himself the special object of the cares of nature, leads each individual to make himself the centre of a more or less extended sphere and to believe that hazard has preference for him.


Translated by Frederick Wilson Truscott and Frederick Lincoln, A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities, Chapter XVI (p. 164), John Wiley & Sons. 1902

Pierre-Simon Laplace Quotes

The opinion that man has long been placed in the centre of the universe, considering himself the special object of the cares of nature, leads each...

The opinion that man has long been placed in the centre of the universe, considering himself the special object of the cares of nature, leads each...

The opinion that man has long been placed in the centre of the universe, considering himself the special object of the cares of nature, leads each...

The opinion that man has long been placed in the centre of the universe, considering himself the special object of the cares of nature, leads each...