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 "In every chain of reasoning, the evidence of the last conclusion can be no greater than that of the weakest link of the chain, whatever may be the strength of the rest."
Essays on the Powers of the Human Mind

Scottish philosopher Thomas Reid died #OTD in 1796. He best known for his philosophical method, his theory of perception, and its wide implications on epistemology, and as the developer and defender of an agent-causal theory of free will. 

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