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‘Multitude’ (pub. 11.09.14-13:02). 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-theory-multitude-0.
Term: 
Multitude
Quote: 

Multitude is that character of a collection by virtue of which it is more than another collection and less than a third.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1903 [c.]). The Theory of Multitude. MS [R] 24.
References: 
MS [R] 24:1
Date of Quote: 
1903 [c.]
URL: 

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