Q0193

Charles Sanders Peirce

A verified English rendering from the curated archive.

English

Do not block the way of inquiry.
Thinker Charles Sanders Peirce
School Semiotics
Source F.R.L. (c. 1899); CP 1.135
Theme Inquiry
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Source context

This English passage is associated with F.R.L. (c. 1899); CP 1.135, within the tradition of Semiotics. The wording below is a verified rendering prepared for careful reading rather than a claim of unique translation authority.

A short reading

Read in the register of inquiry, the sentence asks the reader to test an assumption rather than to collect a slogan. In Charles Sanders Peirce's wider work, similar claims are usually offered as prompts for judgment: what would have to be true for the sentence to hold, and what would follow if it did?

How to cite this quotation

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MLA: Charles Sanders Peirce. “Do not block the way of inquiry..” Philosophy Blind Box, https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0193.

Chicago: Charles Sanders Peirce. “Do not block the way of inquiry..” Philosophy Blind Box. Accessed 2026. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0193.

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More from Charles Sanders Peirce

  1. Consider what effects… we conceive the object of our conception to have. Then, our conception of these effects is the whole of our conception of the object.

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Same theme

More on inquiry

  1. It is through wonder that people both now begin and first began to philosophize.
  2. I searched for myself.
  3. Faith seeking understanding.
  4. What do I know?
  5. The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs kindling.

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