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Term: 
Collection
Quote: 

A collection is a single object whose being consists in the existence of whatever independent individuals may exist of which a given rhema is true, these independent individuals being called the members of the collection.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1903). Lowell Lectures of 1903. Lecture III. 2nd Draught. MS [R] 463.
References: 
MS [R] 463:11
Date of Quote: 
1903
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