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Term: 
Mathematics
Quote: 

The first prime division [of science] consists of Mathematics, which merely frames hypotheses and traces out their consequences, and alone of all the sciences does not concern itself with positive truth.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1896). On the Logic of Quantity. MS [R] 13.
References: 
MS [R] 13:1
Date of Quote: 
1896
URL: 

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