The Definition Of Definition Is At Bottom

We Do Not Really Think, We Are Barely Conscious, Until Something Goes Wrong.

We May Say That Feelings Have Two Kinds Of Intensity. One Is The Intensity Of The Feeling Itself, By Which Loud Sounds Are Distinguished From Faint Ones, Luminous Colors From Dark Ones, Highly Chromatic Colors From Almost Neutral Tints, Etc. The Other Is The Intensity Of Consciousness That Lays Hold Of The Feeling, Which Makes The Ticking Of A Watch Actually Heard Infinitely More Vivid Than A Cannon Shot Remembered To Have Been Heard A Few Minutes Ago.

If An Opinion Can Eventually Go To The Determination Of A Practical Belief, It, In So Far, Becomes Itself A Practical Belief; And Every Proposition That Is Not Pure Metaphysical Jargon And Chatter Must Have Some Possible Bearing Upon Practice.

A Pair Of Statements May Be Taken Conjunctively Or Disjunctively; For Example, "it Lightens And It Thunders ," Is Conjunctive, "it Lightens Or It Thunders" Is Disjunctive. Each Such Individual Act Of Connecting A Pair Of Statements Is A New Monad For The Mathematician .

True Science Is Distinctively The Study Of Useless Things. For The Useful Things Will Get Studied Without The Aid Of Scientific Men. To Employ These Rare Minds On Such Work Is Like Running A Steam Engine By Burning Diamonds.