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War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
Charles Sanders Peirce
Born: September 10, 1839
Died: April 19, 1914 (aged 74)
Bio: Charles Sanders Peirce was an American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist who is sometimes known as "the father of pragmatism". He was educated as a chemist and employed as a scientist for 30 years.
Known for:
- The essential Peirce
- Peirce on signs
- Chance, love, and logic
- Philosophical Writings of Peirce
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