If we would satisfy ourselves, therefore, concerning the nature of that evidence, which assures us of matters of fact, we must enquire how we arrive at the knowledge of cause and effect.
Empiricism, skepticism
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section IV, Sceptical Doubts concerning the Operations of the Understanding, Part I
1748
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