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One who maintains that certainty is impossible, and that probability alone is to govern our faith and actions.

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  1. n. One who maintains that certainty is impossible, and that probability alone is to govern our faith and actions.
  2. n. One who maintains that a man may do that which has a probability of being right, or which is inculcated by teachers of authority, although other opinions may seem to him still more probable.
  3. 1. One who maintains that certainty is impossible, and that probability alone is to govern our faith and actions. 2. (Casuistry) One who maintains that a man may do that which has a probability of being right, or which is inculcated by teachers of authority, although other opinions may seem to him still more probable.
  4. One who maintains that a man may do that which has aprobability of being right, or which is inculcated by teachers ofauthority, although other opinions may seem to him still moreprobable.
  5. n. One who maintains that certainty is impossible, and that probability alone is to govern our faith and actions. n. One who maintains that a man may do that which has a probability of being right, or which is inculcated by teachers of authority, although other opinions may seem to him still more probable.