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1908 Nov 11
Logic 27

in his constitution a Determination, i.e., a tendency to conduct himself in
harmony with that belief. Otherwise, he only thinks of
himself as being ignorant, or has having fallen into error,
or as having comported himself ill. When he gathers his attention
upon an Idea, it is not of himself that he thinks; it is rather to the
Idea that he addresses a command, "Come on, now; play your
part in this situation." The second point of the first principle
is that although the object of which he is thinking is not himself,
nevertheless what he thinks is addressed to himself. By
that I mean that he is all along appealing to his subsequent self,
the self who shall have thought the matter out and come to a
definitive belief on the subject. When two people are in heart to
heart conversation, each is aware of what is passing in the other

1908 Nov 11
Logic 27

in his constitution a Determination, i.e., a tendency to conduct himself in
harmony with that belief. Otherwise, he only thinks of
himself as being ignorant, or has having fallen into error,
or as having comported himself ill. When he gathers his attention
upon an Idea, it is not of himself that he thinks; it is rather to the
Idea that he addresses a command, "Come on, now; play your
part in this situation." The second point of the first principle
is that although the object of which he is thinking is not himself,
nevertheless what he thinks is addressed to himself. By
that I mean that he is all along appealing to his subsequent self,
the self who shall have thought the matter out and come to a
definitive belief on the subject. When two people are in heart to
heart conversation, each is aware of what is passing in the other.