What is this which we call fact? It is not a sound; it is not a star. It is sound heard by the ear; it is a star seen by the eye.


Ideality in the Physical Sciences, Lecture I (p. 12), Little, Brown & Co. 1881

Benjamin Peirce Quotes

What is this which we call fact? It is not a sound; it is not a star. It is sound heard by the ear; it is a star seen by the eye.

What is this which we call fact? It is not a sound; it is not a star. It is sound heard by the ear; it is a star seen by the eye.

What is this which we call fact? It is not a sound; it is not a star. It is sound heard by the ear; it is a star seen by the eye.

What is this which we call fact? It is not a sound; it is not a star. It is sound heard by the ear; it is a star seen by the eye.