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‘Esthetics’ (pub. 04.05.15-19:17). 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-suggested-classification-sciences-7.
Term: 
Esthetics
Quote: 

…self-control depends upon the comparison of what is done with an ideal admirable per se, without any ulterior reason. Now the science of that which is admirable without an ulterior reason is Esthetics.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (nd). A Suggested Classification of the Sciences. MS [R] 1339.
References: 
MS [R] 1339:12
Date of Quote: 
nd
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