It will sometimes strike a scientific man that the philosophers have been less intent on finding out what the facts are, than on inquiring what belief is most in harmony with their system.

Quote by Charles Sanders Peirce

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

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

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.

A quality is something capable of being completely embodied. A law never can be embodied...

A quality is something capable of being completely embodied. A law never can be embodied...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a...

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a...

I envy people that know love. That have someone who takes them as they are.

I envy people that know love. That have someone who takes them as they are.

It is better to want what you have than to have what you want.

It is better to want what you have than to have what you want.

The envied are like bureaucrats; the more impersonal they are, the greater the illusion (for...

The envied are like bureaucrats; the more impersonal they are, the greater the illusion (for...

Envy is an insult to oneself.

Envy is an insult to oneself.

Nothing sharpens sight like envy

Nothing sharpens sight like envy

Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of...

Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of...

Liberals tend to put the onus of your success on society and conservatives on you...

Liberals tend to put the onus of your success on society and conservatives on you...

A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the...

A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the...