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‘Collection’ (pub. 11.09.14-12:26). 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-multitude-0.
Term: 
Collection
Quote: 

A collection is whatever stands to a general predicate of single subjects in a certain relation sui generis, such that for every such predicate there is a single collection and for every collection there is such a predicate.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1897 [c.]). On Multitude. MS [R] 26.
References: 
MS [R] 26:2
Date of Quote: 
1897 [c.]
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