A universe whose only claim to be believed in rests on the validity of…

C. S. Lewis
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A universe whose only claim to be believed in rests on the validity of inference must not start telling us the inference is invalid. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.40, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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