The error of the senses is not less, but rather greater, if we try to correct them by reason without experience.
Father of modern observational astronomy
The error of the senses is not less, but rather greater, if we try to correct them by reason without experience.
Father of modern observational astronomy
Emphasizing the importance of empirical observation.
c. 1600s
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