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‘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.
Term: 
Thing
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.
References: 
MS [R] 800:10
Date of Quote: 
1903 [c.]
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