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Term: 
Class
Quote: 

A class […] is the total of whatever objects there may be in the universe which are of a certain description.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1902). Minute Logic: Chapter II. Prelogical Notions. Section I. Classification of the Sciences (Logic II). MS [R] 427.
References: 
EP 2:117; CP 1.204
Date of Quote: 
1902
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