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‘Truth’ (pub. 14.04.13-12:12). 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-reasons-conscience-practical-treatise-theory-discovery-wherein-logic.
Term: 
Truth
Quote: 

… to believe the absolute truth would be to have such a belief that under no circumstances, such as actually occur, should we find ourselves surprised.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1904). Reason's Conscience: A Practical Treatise on the Theory of Discovery; Wherein logic is conceived as Semeiotic. MS [R] 693.
References: 
MS [R] 693: 166
Date of Quote: 
1904
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