Third, consider the insistency of an idea. The insistency of a past idea with reference to the present is a quantity which is less, the further back that past idea is, and rises to infinity as the past idea is brought up into coincidence with the present.


The Law of Mind (1892)

Charles Sanders Peirce Quotes

Third, consider the insistency of an idea. The insistency of a past idea with reference to the present is a quantity which is less, the further back...

Third, consider the insistency of an idea. The insistency of a past idea with reference to the present is a quantity which is less, the further back...

Third, consider the insistency of an idea. The insistency of a past idea with reference to the present is a quantity which is less, the further back...

Third, consider the insistency of an idea. The insistency of a past idea with reference to the present is a quantity which is less, the further back...