evidence Quotes

There is more evidence to prove that saltness [of the sea] is due to the admixture of some substance, besides that which we have adduced. Make a vessel of wax and put it in the sea, fastening its mouth in... ...

A statement is convincing and believable either because it's obviously true or because it seems proven by other statements that are true.

Not to know of what things one should demand demonstration, and of what one should not, argues want of education.

We have no evidence as yet about mind or the power to think; it seems to be a widely different kind of soul, differing as what is eternal from what is perishable; it alone is capable of existence in isolation... ...

Evidence from torture may be considered completely untrustworthy