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Doubt is an uneasy and dissatisfied state from which we struggle to free ourselves and pass into the state of belief; while the latter is a calm and satisfactory state which we do not wish to avoid, or to change to a belief in anything else.
Charles Sanders Peirce
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"Doubt is an uneasy and dissatisfied state from which we struggle to free ourselves and pass into the state of belief; while the latter is a calm and satisfactory state which we do not wish to avoid, or to change to a belief in anything else."
— Charles Sanders Peirce

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Doubt is an uneasy and dissatisfied state from which we struggle to free ourselves and pass into the state of belief; while the latter is a calm and satisfactory state which we do not wish to avoid, or to change to a belief in anything else. — Charles Sanders Peirce

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Charles Sanders Peirce was a Philosopher from United States (1839–1914).

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This quote is attributed to Charles Sanders Peirce, a Philosopher from United States.
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Charles Sanders Peirce lived from 1839 – 1914.