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which has no end, admirably certainly has a prominent aspect which well illustrates the
mode of being of Thirdness, which I have
sometimes called the esse in futuro. Every
Thirdness consists in the truth that something
will be brought about, if the conditions present
themselves. A graph, or speech, has no real meaning
unless it will influence conduct. The manner
in which the future influences the present
also erves to make the mode of
being of Thirdness clearer. The first step of
the process of that influence is that we make
a forecast, which at the outset is a mere
suggestion, the resultant of various mental
habits acting on perceptions and memories.
“Yes,” objects somebody; “that is just it. It is