‘Thing’ (pub. 13.03.18-15:03). 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-p-l-13.
Quote:
A thing is whatever that is real as denoted by a subject of a proposition in such an analysis of the proposition that all general characters are separated from the subject [and] thrown into the predicate.
Source:
Peirce, C. S. (1903 [c.]). P of L. MS [R] 800.
URL:
http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-p-l-13