A finite interval of time generally contains an innumerable series of feelings; and when these become welded together in association the result is a general idea. (Charles Sanders Peirce)

A finite interval of time generally contains an innumerable series of feelings; and when these become welded together in association the result is a general idea.

Charles Sanders Peirce

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