Charles Sanders Peirce Quote Explained: ... and it is probably that there is some secret here which remains to be discovered.

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The universe ought to be presumed too vast to have any character.

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The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which hs to be acquired with difficulty.

- Charles Sanders Peirce

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It is not knowing, but the love of learning, that characterizes the scientific man.

- Charles Sanders Peirce

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

- Charles Sanders Peirce

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The definition of definition is at bottom just what the maxim of pragmatism expresses.

- Charles Sanders Peirce

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We do not really think, we are barely conscious, until something goes wrong.

- Charles Sanders Peirce

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Conscious

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By an object, I mean anything that we can think, i.e. anything we can talk about.

- Charles Sanders Peirce

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Objects

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It is… easy to be certain. One has only to be sufficiently vague.

- Charles Sanders Peirce

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Uncertain

… and it is probably that there is some secret here which remains to be discovered.

… and it is probably that there is some secret here which remains to be discovered.

The universe ought to be presumed too vast to have any character.

The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which hs to be acquired with difficulty.

It is not knowing, but the love of learning, that characterizes the scientific man.

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

The definition of definition is at bottom just what the maxim of pragmatism expresses.

We do not really think, we are barely conscious, until something goes wrong.

By an object, I mean anything that we can think, i.e. anything we can talk about.

It is… easy to be certain. One has only to be sufficiently vague.

A man can keep another’s secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others. Explain

Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty. Explain

If a secret is revealed, the person who has confided it to another is to be blamed. Explain

We confide our secret to a friend, but in love it escapes us. Explain

We trust our secrets to our friends, but they escape from us in love. Explain

When a secret is revealed, it is the fault of the man who confided it. Explain

Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.

We have not begun to understand the relationship between combinatorics and conceptual mathematics.

… and it is probably that there is some secret here which remains to be discovered.

… and it is probably that there is some secret here which remains to be discovered.

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