The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Lecture I [R]’

Term: 
Reason
Quote: 

The very being of the General, of Reason, consists in its governing individual events. So, then, the essence of Reason is such that its being never can have been completely perfected. It always must be in a state of incipiency, of growth.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1903). Lecture I [R]. MS [R] 449
Date: 
1903
References: 
MS [R] 449:45; EP 2:255
Citation: 
‘Reason’ (pub. 18.03.18-12:12). 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-lecture-i-r-12.
Posted: 
Mar 18, 2018, 12:12 by Mats Bergman