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Imaginary causes have gradually receded with the widening bounds of knowledge and disappear entirely before sound philosophy, which sees in them only the expression of our ignorance of the true causes.

Pierre-Simon Laplace

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Pierre-Simon Laplace (23 March 1749 – 5 March 1827) was a French mathematician and astronomer, discoverer of the Laplace transform and Laplace's equation.

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Native Name: Pierre Simon Laplace

Alternative Names: Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace • Pierre Simon Marquis de Laplace • Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace • Pierre-Simon de Laplace • Laplace • P.S. de Laplace • P.-S. de Laplace

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On voit, par cet Essai, que la théorie des probabilités n'est, au fond, que le bon sens réduit au calcul; elle fait apprécier avec exactitude ce que les esprits justes sentent par une sorte d'instinct, sans qu'ils puissent souvent s'en rendre compte.

Translation: "The last thing we expect of you, General, is a lesson in geometry!"

[Sire,] je n'avais pas besoin de cette hypothèse-là.

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