The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Systems of Quantity’

Term: 
Relationship
Quote: 

A relation is a character of an object consisting in its forming with others an ordered set of objects belonging to a general class of such sets. I use our English word relationship to denote a system of relations among a collection of objects.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1898 [c.]). Systems of Quantity. MS [R] 22
Date: 
1898 [c.]
References: 
MS [R] 22:5
Citation: 
‘Relationship’ (pub. 11.09.14-12:27). 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-systems-quantity-0.
Posted: 
Sep 09, 2014, 07:58 by Mats Bergman
Published: 
Sep 11, 2014, 12:27
Last revised: 
Mar 02, 2016, 11:50 by Mats Bergman