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Quotation from Novum Organum by Francis Bacon
“Since, however, truth emerges more readily from error than confusion, we consider it useful to leave the understanding at liberty”
Novum Organum, Book II, Aphorism XX, trans. Joseph Devey (ed.), 1902
Bacon licenses a provisional hypothesis, the 'first vintage', after the tables of instances have been assembled.
Citation: "Since, however, truth emerges more readily from error than confusion, we consider it useful to leave the understanding at liberty" — Francis Bacon, Novum Organum, Book II, Aphorism XX, trans. Joseph Devey (ed.), 1902. (id novum-organum-q11)
Portrait: Portrait of Francis Bacon., Paul van Somer I / Formerly attributed to Frans Pourbus the Younger, Public domain.
