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14. Science / C. Induction / 3. Limits of Induction

6027	From the fact that some men die, we cannot infer that they all do [Philodemus]
	Full Idea: There is no necessary inference, from the fact that men familiar to us die when pierced through the heart, that all men do.
	From: Philodemus (On Signs (damaged) [c.50 BCE], 1.3)
	A reaction: This is scepticism about the logic of induction, long before David Hume. This is said to be a Stoic argument against Epicureans - though on the whole Stoics are not keen on scepticism.