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‘Existence’ (pub. 29.05.14-16:32). 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-individual.
Term: 
Existence
Quote: 

…whatever exists is individual, since existence (not reality) and individuality are essentially the same thing…

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1901). Individual. In J. M. Baldwin (Ed.), Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, Vol. I (pp. 537-538). London: Macmillan and Co.
References: 
CP 3.613
Date of Quote: 
1901
URL: 

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