Quote from "On Classification of the Sciences"

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Digital Companion to C. S. Peirce

‘Esthetics’ (pub. 22.10.14-12:08). 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-classification-sciences-0.

Term:

Esthetics

Quote:

My notion is that there is a study of esthetics, not the exclusive pleasure-ground of those who spend their lives in the delights of art, nor yet particularly considering conduct, but a study to make out what it is wherein the fine, the adorable, the noble, is such.

Source:

Peirce, C. S. (nd). On Classification of the Sciences. MS [R] 602.

References:

MS [R] 602:11

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URL:

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