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Term: 
Multitude
Quote: 

By multitude I mean that quality of a collection by virtue of which it is greater than all those collections than which it is greater.

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
URL: 

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