The final upshot of thinking is the exercise of volition, and of this …

Charles Sanders Peirce
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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. ✨ Charles Sanders Peirce, Nathan Houser, Christian J.W. J. W. Kloesel (1992). The Essential Peirce, Volume 1: Selected Philosophical Writings? (1867–1893), p.129, Indiana University Press
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