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The branch of [[philosophy]] concerned with knowledge — and certainty. [[Lawyers]] are, by nature, [[Cartesian]] in their outlook. By disposition they are [[inclined]] to be supremely un-confident that things that appear to be the case are the case, so they write leadenly as a consequence.
{{g}}The branch of [[philosophy]] concerned with knowledge — and certainty. [[Lawyers]] are, by nature, [[Cartesian]] in their outlook. By disposition they are [[inclined]] to be supremely un-confident that things that appear to be the case are the case, so they write leadenly as a consequence.
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*[[René Descartes]]
*[[René Descartes]]

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The branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge — and certainty. Lawyers are, by nature, Cartesian in their outlook. By disposition they are inclined to be supremely un-confident that things that appear to be the case are the case, so they write leadenly as a consequence.

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