It would appear... that moral phenomena, when observed on a great scale, are found to resemble physical phenomena; and we thus arrive, in inquiries of this kind, at the fundamental principle, that the greater the number of individuals observed, the… — Adolphe Quetelet Copy Share
Whether statistics be an art or a science... or a scientific art, we concern ourselves little. It is the basis of social and political… — Adolphe Quetelet Copy Share Image
It would appear... that moral phenomena, when observed on a great scale, are found to resemble physical phenomena; and we thus arrive, in inquiries of this kind, at the fundamental principle, that the greater the number of individuals observed, the more do individual peculiarities, whether physical or moral, become effaced, and leave in a prominent point of view the general… — Adolphe Quetelet Copy Share
The more progress physical sciences make, the more they tend to enter the domain of mathematics, which is a kind of centre to which… — Adolphe Quetelet Copy Share Image
The determination of the average man is not merely a matter of speculative curiosity; it may be of the most important service to the… — Adolphe Quetelet Copy Share Image
