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‘Habit’ (pub. 17.08.17-14:08). 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-rules-22.
Term: 
Habit
Quote: 

…a habit (using the word in such a sense as not to exclude a natural disposition) is nothing but a rule so impressed upon a man’s nature that he tends to act according to it, when opposing influences are not too strong.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1902-03 [c.]). Reason's Rules. MS [R] 596.
References: 
MS [R] 596:21
Date of Quote: 
1902-03 [c.]
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