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Thought (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠capable of becoming objective when it synthesizes a given sense manifold.

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Thought (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠like sensation, merely the mind's servant, awaiting the mind's call and not coming unless we need it.

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Thought's (n.) laws ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠are the same as the laws of things, for things are known to us only through this thought that must obey these laws.

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Thought (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a two-stage process: first, the coordination of sensations by applying to them the forms of perception—space and time; then, coordinating the perceptions so developed, by applying to them the forms of conception—the "categories" of thought.

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Thought (n.) cannot ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be divided among many beings, any more than a verse can be made by people each holding one word of it.