The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘The Fourth Curiosity’

Term: 
Entelechy
Quote: 

The mode of being of the composition of thought, which is always of the nature of the attribution of a predicate to a subject, is the living intelligence which is the creator of all intelligible reality, as well as of the knowledge of such reality. It is the entelechy, or perfection of being.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1907). The Fourth Curiosity. MS [R] 200
Date: 
1907
References: 
CP 6.341
Citation: 
‘Entelechy’ (pub. 05.09.15-17:16). Quote in M. Bergman & S. Paavola (Eds.), The Commens Dictionary: Peirce's Terms in His Own Words. New Edition. Retrieved from http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-fourth-curiosity-1.
Posted: 
Sep 05, 2015, 17:16 by Mats Bergman
Last revised: 
Mar 07, 2016, 10:53 by Mats Bergman