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‘Action’ (pub. 05.06.14-19:12). 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-prolegomena-apology-pragmaticism-24.
Term: 
Action
Quote: 

That conception of Aristotle which is embodied for us in the cognate origin of the terms actuality and activity is one of the most deeply illuminating products of Greek thinking. Activity implies a generalization of effort; and effort is a two-sided idea, effort and resistance being inseparable, and therefore the idea of Actuality has also a dyadic form.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1906). Prolegomena to an Apology for Pragmaticism. The Monist, 16, 492-546.
References: 
CP 4.542
Date of Quote: 
1906
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