Namely, we have no right to believe a thing true because everybody says so unless there are good grounds for believing that some one person at least has the means of knowing what is true, and is speaking the truth so far as he knows it.
-- William Kingdon Clifford
   
William Kingdon Clifford   Name:
William Kingdon Clifford
Type:
Mathematician
Nationality:
English
Birth:
May 4, 1845
Death:
March 3, 1879
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