Charles Sanders Peirce Quote

The final upshot of thinking is the exercise of volition, and of this thought no longer forms a part; but belief is only a stadium of mental action, an effect upon our nature due to thought, which will influence future thinking.


The Philosophy of Peirce: Selected Writings (ed. 1956)


The final upshot of thinking is the exercise of volition, and of this thought no longer forms a part; but belief is only a stadium of mental action,...

The final upshot of thinking is the exercise of volition, and of this thought no longer forms a part; but belief is only a stadium of mental action,...

The final upshot of thinking is the exercise of volition, and of this thought no longer forms a part; but belief is only a stadium of mental action,...

The final upshot of thinking is the exercise of volition, and of this thought no longer forms a part; but belief is only a stadium of mental action,...