An idea from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

Picture Epicurus on trial in Athens for denying that the gods reward and punish. His defense is that a cause known only by its effect can’t be credited with more than the effect shows. A scale lifting 10 ounces proves more than 10 on the other side, never 100.

From An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

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