"Opinion is the companion of probability within the medieval epistemology."

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Source : Ian Hacking (2006). “The Emergence of Probability: A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas about Probability, Induction and Statistical Inference”, p.55, Cambridge University Press

Ian Hacking

#Opinion Quotes #Medieval Quotes #Companion Quotes

“A lot of people now think Im a shoe. They dont even know I was a tennis player. The shoe has really taken on a life of its own, way beyond me.”
“You're better off betting on a horse than betting on a man. A horse may not be able to hold you tight, but he doesn't wanna wander from the stable at night.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The most prevalent poetic representation of contemporary experience is the mimesis of disorientation by non sequitor.”
“I've got used to criticisms and, naturally, I try to make sure I don't listen to the more extreme ones because most of the people who have taken their right-wing extremist view of my life are people that I've never met.”
“No. One. Comes. Before You.”
“My family came in 1635 from England and settled in Williamsburg. Shortly after, they split up; half went to New England and half stayed in Virginia. I'm a Virginian Ballard.”
“I like perfume and flowers.”
“Sometimes if you've got a story that's interesting enough, you don't need to pour sugar on ice cream. The ice cream is great.”

Source : Interview with Sam Adams, film.avclub.com. September 30, 2009.

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