Quote #11
Effort supposes resistance.
More from Charles Sanders Peirce
- The idea does not belong to the soul; it is the soul that belongs to the idea.
- Every man is fully satisfied that there is such a thing as truth, or he would not ask any question.
- Do not block the way of inquiry.
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- The entire universe is perfused with signs, if it is not composed exclusively of signs.
- Let us not pretend to doubt in philosophy what we do not doubt in our hearts.
- By an object, I mean anything that we can think, i.e. anything we can talk about.
- Consider what effects that might conceivably have practical bearings you conceive the objects of your conception to have. Then, your concep…