The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘The Fourth Curiosity’

Term: 
Existence
Quote: 

A brute force, as, for example, an existent particle […] is nothing for itself; whatever it is, it is for what it is attracting and what it is repelling: its being is actual, consists in action, is dyadic. That is what I call existence.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1907). The Fourth Curiosity. MS [R] 200
Date: 
1907
References: 
CP 6.343
Citation: 
‘Existence’ (pub. 29.05.14-18:28). 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-4.
Posted: 
May 29, 2014, 18:28 by Mats Bergman
Last revised: 
Mar 07, 2016, 10:54 by Mats Bergman