A quality is something capable of being completely embodied. A law never can be embodied in its character as a law except by determining a habit. A quality is how something may or might have been. A law is how…

Quote by Charles Sanders Peirce

Topics: Charles Sanders Peirce Quotes

Bad reasoning as well as good reasoning is possible; and this fact is the foundation...

Bad reasoning as well as good reasoning is possible; and this fact is the foundation...

It is impossible not to envy the man who can dismiss reason, although we know...

It is impossible not to envy the man who can dismiss reason, although we know...

It will sometimes strike a scientific man that the philosophers have been less intent on...

It will sometimes strike a scientific man that the philosophers have been less intent on...

Doubt is an uneasy and dissatisfied state from which we struggle to free ourselves and...

Doubt is an uneasy and dissatisfied state from which we struggle to free ourselves and...

Many a man has cherished for years as his hobby some vague shadow of an...

Many a man has cherished for years as his hobby some vague shadow of an...

Bad reasoning as well as good reasoning is possible; and this fact is the foundation...

Bad reasoning as well as good reasoning is possible; and this fact is the foundation...

Generality is, indeed, an indispensable ingredient of reality; for mere individual existence or actuality without...

Generality is, indeed, an indispensable ingredient of reality; for mere individual existence or actuality without...

The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit; and different beliefs are distinguished...

The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit; and different beliefs are distinguished...

Every new concept first comes to the mind in a judgment.

Every new concept first comes to the mind in a judgment.

The final upshot of thinking is the exercise of volition, and of this thought no...

The final upshot of thinking is the exercise of volition, and of this thought no...

All the evolution we know of proceeds from the vague to the definite.

All the evolution we know of proceeds from the vague to the definite.

Any leader who doesn't support the heart of evolving humanity is not a leader worthy...

Any leader who doesn't support the heart of evolving humanity is not a leader worthy...

There are no shortcuts in evolution.

There are no shortcuts in evolution.

If one attempts to assign to religion its place in man's evolution, it seems not...

If one attempts to assign to religion its place in man's evolution, it seems not...

I was a young man with uninformed ideas. I threw out queries, suggestions, wondering all...

I was a young man with uninformed ideas. I threw out queries, suggestions, wondering all...

The worst censors are those prohibiting criticism of the theory of evolution in the classroom.

The worst censors are those prohibiting criticism of the theory of evolution in the classroom.

All evolution in thought and conduct must at first appear as heresy and misconduct.

All evolution in thought and conduct must at first appear as heresy and misconduct.

The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself;...

The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself;...

LIFE: Love, Intelligence, Fun, Evolution in that order.

LIFE: Love, Intelligence, Fun, Evolution in that order.

If you start any large theory, such as quantum mechanics, plate tectonics, evolution, it takes...

If you start any large theory, such as quantum mechanics, plate tectonics, evolution, it takes...