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Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: Another characteristic of mathematical thought is that it can have no success where it cannot generalize.

Another characteristic of mathematical thought is that it can have no success where it cannot generalize.

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: We, one and all of us, have an instinct to pray; and this fact constitutes an invitation from God to pray.

We, one and all of us, have an instinct to pray; and this fact constitutes an invitation from God to pray.

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: This branch of mathematics [Probability] is the only one, I believe, in which good writers frequently get results which are entirely erroneous.

This branch of mathematics [Probability] is the only one, I believe, in which good writers frequently get results which are entirely erroneous.

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: My language is the sum total of myself.

My language is the sum total of myself.

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: The definition of definition is at bottom just what the maxim of pragmatism expresses.

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

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: We cannot begin with complete doubt.

We cannot begin with complete doubt.

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: The entire universe is perfused with signs, if it is not composed exclusively of signs.

The entire universe is perfused with signs, if it is not composed exclusively of signs.

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: By an object, I mean anything that we can think, i.e. anything we can talk about.

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

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: There is a kink in my damned brain that prevents me from thinking as other people think.

There is a kink in my damned brain that prevents me from thinking as other people think.

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: We think only in signs.

We think only in signs.

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: There is not a single truth of science upon which we ought to bet more than about a million of millions to one.

There is not a single truth of science upon which we ought to bet more than about a million of millions to one.

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: All the progress we have made in philosophy ... is the result of that methodical skepticism which is the element of human freedom.

All the progress we have made in philosophy ... is the result of that methodical skepticism which is the element of human freedom.

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: 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.

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: And what, then, is belief? It is the demi-cadence which closes a musical phrase in the symphony of our intellectual life.

And what, then, is belief? It is the demi-cadence which closes a musical phrase in the symphony of our intellectual life.

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which hs to be acquired with difficulty.

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

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: To know what we think, to be masters of our own meaning, will make a solid foundation for great and weighty thought.

To know what we think, to be masters of our own meaning, will make a solid foundation for great and weighty thought.

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: Mere imagination would indeed be mere trifling; only no imagination is mere .

Mere imagination would indeed be mere trifling; only no imagination is mere .

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: The idea does not belong to the soul; it is the soul that belongs to the idea.

The idea does not belong to the soul; it is the soul that belongs to the idea.

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: We do not really think, we are barely conscious, until something goes wrong.

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

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: Bad reasoning as well as good reasoning is possible; and this fact is the foundation of the practical side of logic.

Bad reasoning as well as good reasoning is possible; and this fact is the foundation of the practical side of logic.

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: The universe ought to be presumed too vast to have any character.

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

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: Mathematics is purely hypothetical: it produces nothing but conditional propositions.

Mathematics is purely hypothetical: it produces nothing but conditional propositions.

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: All the greatest achievements of mind have been beyond the power of unaided individuals.

All the greatest achievements of mind have been beyond the power of unaided individuals.

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: It is not knowing, but the love of learning, that characterizes the scientific man.

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

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: Let us not pretend to doubt in philosophy what we do not doubt in our hearts.

Let us not pretend to doubt in philosophy what we do not doubt in our hearts.

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: It is impossible not to envy the man who can dismiss reason, although we know how it must turn out at last.

It is impossible not to envy the man who can dismiss reason, although we know how it must turn out at last.

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: It is ... easy to be certain. One has only to be sufficiently vague.

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

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: Truly, that reason upon which we plume ourselves, though it may answer for little things, yet for great decisions is hardly surer than a toss up.

Truly, that reason upon which we plume ourselves, though it may answer for little things, yet for great decisions is hardly surer than a toss up.

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: Unless man have a natural bent in accordance with nature's, he has no chance of understanding nature at all.

Unless man have a natural bent in accordance with nature's, he has no chance of understanding nature at all.

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: Every man is fully satisfied that there is such a thing as truth, or he would not ask any question.

Every man is fully satisfied that there is such a thing as truth, or he would not ask any question.

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: 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.

Charles Sanders Peirce quotes: Every new concept first comes to the mind in a judgment.

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