Antoine Lavoisier — "Imagination, on the contrary, which is ever wandering beyond the bounds of truth…"

Imagination, on the contrary, which is ever wandering beyond the bounds of truth, joined to self-love and that self-confidence we are so apt to indulge, prompt us to draw conclusions which are not immediately derived from facts.
Antoine Lavoisier — Antoine Lavoisier Early Modern · Father of modern chemistry

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From his writings on scientific method, cautioning against unbridled imagination.

Date: Undated, but from his major works.

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