Zetetics, or the art of doubt

What is zetetics?

"Zetetics" comes from the Greek zêtêin, meaning "to seek." This curious term has in fact appeared in every good French dictionary for many years—indeed, for centuries. The 1876 Larousse, for example, reads: "Zetetic: describing methods of scientific research: the zetetic method." For Émile Littré, writing in 1872, zetetics was the "method used to penetrate the reasons behind things," while the corresponding entry in Thomas Corneille's 1694 Dictionnaire des arts et des sciences reads "seeking the reasons behind things."

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