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5861 | People assume events cause what follows them [Aristotle] |
Full Idea: Men take its occurring after as its occurring because. | |
From: Aristotle (The Art of Rhetoric [c.350 BCE], 1401b30) | |
A reaction: The Latin is 'post hoc propter hoc' - after this so because of this. It is quite a good inductive rule, but obviously open to abuse, as in legal cases, as when someone happens to acquire a lot of money just after a crime. |