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Quotation from Novum Organon Renovatum by William Whewell
“That rules springing from remote and unconnected quarters should thus leap to the same point”
Novum Organon Renovatum, Book II, ch. V, sect. III (Project Gutenberg text (3rd ed., 1858))
From the passage introducing the consilience of inductions; Whewell continues that such agreement can only arise where truth resides.
Citation: "That rules springing from remote and unconnected quarters should thus leap to the same point" — William Whewell, Novum Organon Renovatum, Book II, ch. V, sect. III (Project Gutenberg text (3rd ed., 1858)). (id whewell-novum-organon-renovatum-q7)
Portrait: W Whewell slnsw, Ernest Edwards, Public domain.
