It is the mark of an educated mind to expect that amount of exactness …

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It is the mark of an educated mind to expect that amount of exactness which the nature of the particular subject admits. It is equally unreasonable to accept merely probable conclusions from a mathematician and to demand strict demonstration from an orator. ✨ Aristotle (1996). The Nicomachean Ethics, p.5, Wordsworth Editions
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