If we are to define science, ... it does not consist so much in knowing, nor even in "organized knowledge," as it does in diligent inquiry into truth for truth's sake, without any sort of axe to grind, nor for the sake of the delight of contemplating it, but from an impulse to penetrate into the reason of things.
Every work of science great enough to be well remembered for a few generations affords some exemplification of the defective state of the art of reas… - Charles Sanders Peirce
Every work of science great enough to be well remembered for a few generations affords some exemplification of the defective state of the art of reas…
- Charles Sanders Peirce
The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which hs to be acquired with difficulty. - Charles Sanders Peirce
The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which hs to be acquired with difficulty.
All the greatest achievements of mind have been beyond the power of unaided individuals. - Charles Sanders Peirce
All the greatest achievements of mind have been beyond the power of unaided individuals.
My language is the sum total of myself. - Charles Sanders Peirce
My language is the sum total of myself.
The idea does not belong to the soul; it is the soul that belongs to the idea. - Charles Sanders Peirce
The idea does not belong to the soul; it is the soul that belongs to the idea.
The entire universe is perfused with signs, if it is not composed exclusively of signs. - Charles Sanders Peirce
The entire universe is perfused with signs, if it is not composed exclusively of signs.
The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit. - Charles Sanders Peirce
The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit.
Every new concept first comes to the mind in a judgment. - Charles Sanders Peirce
Every new concept first comes to the mind in a judgment.
We cannot begin with complete doubt. - Charles Sanders Peirce
We cannot begin with complete doubt.
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