Tis The Mark Of An Instructed Mind To Rest Assured With That Degree Of Precision That The Nature Of The Subject Admits, And Not To Seek Exactness When Only An Approximation Of The Truth Is Possible.

Tis The Mark Of An Instructed Mind To Rest Assured With That Degree Of Precision That The Nature Of The Subject Admits, And Not To Seek Exactness When Only An Approximation Of The Truth Is Possible.

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'Tis the mark of an instructed mind to rest assured
with that degree of precision that the nature of the subject admits,
and not to seek exactness when only an approximation of the truth
is possible.
-- Aristotle

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