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‘Substance’ (pub. 06.09.15-12:58). 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-guess-riddle-12.
Term: 
Substance
Quote: 

I use substance […] in the old sense of a thing, not in the modern chemical sense.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1887-1888). A Guess at the Riddle. MS [R] 909.
References: 
W 6:210 n. 2; CP 1.414 n.
Date of Quote: 
1887-1888
URL: 

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