The chief cause of human error is to be found in the prejudice of the imagination.
Empiricism, skepticism
The chief cause of human error is to be found in the prejudice of the imagination.
Empiricism, skepticism
A Treatise of Human Nature, Book 1, Part 4, Section 7
1739-1740
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