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‘Relation’ (pub. 11.09.14-12:25). 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-systems-quantity.
Term: 
Relation
Quote: 

A relation is a character of an object consisting in its forming with others an ordered set of objects belonging to a general class of such sets.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1898 [c.]). Systems of Quantity. MS [R] 22.
References: 
MS [R] 22:5
Date of Quote: 
1898 [c.]
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