Occam's razor is the law of parsimony, economy, or succinctness. It is a principle stating that among competing hypotheses, the one which makes the fewest assumptions should be selected. This is the way wikipedia begins that article. But was there not in the Antiquity a saying that went "simplicity is the seal of truth"? Reading the article, I see that those words, taken in themselves, are an oversimplification of the razor and perhaps they were a label for some part of a philosophical system by some Greek philosopher. Or perhaps the aphorism was coined in the Middle Age and even just after Occam's writings.
But getting to the point, could somebody tell me what was the exact wording of the phrase "simplicity is the seal of truth" in latin? Seriously, I'm not kidding. Maybe it begins with simplicitas.
But getting to the point, could somebody tell me what was the exact wording of the phrase "simplicity is the seal of truth" in latin? Seriously, I'm not kidding. Maybe it begins with simplicitas.
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