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‘Logic of Events’ (pub. 20.08.15-15:23). 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-considerations-8-lectures.
Term: 
Logic of Events
Quote: 

The second does not spring out from the first directly; but firstness looked at from a second point of view gives birth to a thirdness and the secondness comes out of the thirdness. This is the true logic of events.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1897-8). Considerations for 8 Lectures. MS [R] 943.
References: 
MS [R] 943:1
Date of Quote: 
1897-8
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