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Term: 
Definition
Quote: 

The definition and the utility of a definition require it to specify everything essential, and to omit all that is inessential, to its definitum: though it may be pardoned for calling special attention to an omission in order to show that it was not inconsiderate.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1911 [c.]). A Sketch of Logical Critics. MS [R] 675.
References: 
EP 2:454
Date of Quote: 
1911
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