Evidence Quote by Thomas Reid

“And, if we have any evidence that the wisdom which formed the plan is in the man, we have the very same evidence, that the power which executed it is in him also.”

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The want of faith, as well as faith itself, is best shewn by works. If a sceptic avoid the fire as much as those…

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Every man feels that perception gives him an invincible belief of the existence of that which he perceives; and that this belief is not…

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We find sects and parties in most branches of science; and disputes which are carried on from age to age, without being brought to…

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Every conjecture we can form with regard to the works of God has as little probability as the conjectures of a child with regard…

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When we contemplate the world of Epicurus, and conceive the universe to be a fortuitous jumble of atoms, there is nothing grand in this…

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It is a question of fact, whether the influence of motives be fixed by laws of nature, so that they shall always have the…

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The rules of navigation never navigated a ship. The rules of architecture never built a house.

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There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words. To this chiefly it is owing that we find…

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But when, in the first setting out, he takes it for granted without proof, that distinctions found in the structure of all languages, have…

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For, until the wisdom of men bear some proportion to the wisdom of God, their attempts to find out the structure of his works,…

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For the perception of the beautiful we have the term "taste"--a metaphor taken from that which is passive in the body and transferred to…

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must acknowledge, that to act properly is much more valuable than to think justly or reason acutely.

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Never underestimate the power of the human mind to believe what it wants to believe, no matter the conflicting evidence.

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“Cops aren't really your friends, they are trying to be your friends but they are not.... - They are searching evidence to PIN YOU.”

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There's overwhelming evidence... circumstantial and otherwise, to suggest a connection between Iraq and al Qaeda.

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Miracles are like candles lit up until the sun rises, and then blown out. Therefore, I am amused when I hear sects and churches…

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“Human unhappiness is evidence of our immortality.”

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The state is in danger of falling into disrepute due to the evidence of its inadequate resources.

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You are innocent until proven guilty. And if folks have come forward, whether it is judge Roy Moore or whether it is anyone else,…

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There is still zero empirical evidence that anthropogenic production of CO2 is making any measurable contribution to the world's present warming trend.

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We have reached a situation where a theory has been accepted as fact by some, and possible contrary evidence is shunted aside. [This is]…

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