We ought to regard the present state of the universe as the effect of its anterior state and as the cause of the one that is to follow.


A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities - Chapter II (p. 4), Dover Publications, Inc. 1951

Pierre-Simon Laplace Quotes

We ought to regard the present state of the universe as the effect of its anterior state and as the cause of the one that is to follow.

We ought to regard the present state of the universe as the effect of its anterior state and as the cause of the one that is to follow.

We ought to regard the present state of the universe as the effect of its anterior state and as the cause of the one that is to follow.

We ought to regard the present state of the universe as the effect of its anterior state and as the cause of the one that is to follow.