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ERROR

Volume 2 · 68 words · 1771 Edition

Error, a misake of our judgment, giving assent to that which is not true.

Mr Locke reduces the causes of error to these four; first Fig. 1. Equus Caballus or Horse.

Fig. 2. Equus Asinus or Ass.

Fig. 3. Equus Zebra. ERY, (513) ESK

first, want of proofs; secondly, want of ability to use them; thirdly, want of will to use them; and fourthly, wrong measures of probability.