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Term: 
Axiom
Quote: 

Any Axiom would be a proposition not deducible from anything asserted in the definitions and postulates, but immediately evident in view of the facts that have been laid down and these are true.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1904). Sketch of Dichotomic Mathematics. MS [R] 4.
References: 
NEM 4:287
Date of Quote: 
1904
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