To doubt everything and to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; each… — Henri Poincare
To doubt everything and to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; each saves us from thinking.
In the original French
Douter de tout ou tout croire, ce sont deux solutions également commodes, qui l'une et l'autre nous dispensent de réfléchir.
Science and Hypothesis · 1902
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Poincare, Henri. Science and Hypothesis: The Complete Text, translated by Melanie Frappier, Andrea Smith and David J. Stump, edited by Melanie Frappier and David J. Stump. Bloomsbury Academic, 2022, preface.
Original citation
Poincare, Henri. La science et l'hypothese [Science and Hypothesis]. Flammarion, 1902, introduction.