Quote #16
All the evolution we know of proceeds from the vague to the definite.
More from Charles Sanders Peirce
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- Mere imagination would indeed be mere trifling; only no imagination is mere.
- Let us not pretend to doubt in philosophy what we do not doubt in our hearts.
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- Every man is fully satisfied that there is such a thing as truth, or he would not ask any question.
- Effort supposes resistance.
- The idea does not belong to the soul; it is the soul that belongs to the idea.