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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, fol. 221

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  1. Names of Substances.
  2. Buc Nen, in makins their general Ideas, secking more tie convenience
  3. Os Lantuage, ard quick dispateli, by siorr and comprehiensire signs
  4. than the true and precise Nature ot Thinss, 25 they etist, have, in the
  5. framins their abstraet Ideas, chieAy pursued that end, which ivas to be
  6. furnished ith store ol general, and variousty comprehensive Names. S0
  7. chat in chis irliole Dulinels ot Genera and Species, the Genus, Ox MOre COrri-
  8. prehensive, is but a partial coniception of irhat is in the species, and the
  9. Species, DuE a partial Idea oF What is eo be fourid in cach Indiridual.
  10. Iitherelore ars one will chirik, chat a Man, and an Horse, and an Ani
  11. mal, and a Plant, (5c. are distinguished by real F. Pences made by Nature
  12. hemust thinke Nature to be very liberal ot these real Fissences, matrino
  13. one for Body, anocher tor an Animel, and another for an Horse; and aii
  14. thele Fssences liberally Destorred uxon Bucephalus. But il we vould
  15. rishels consider ihat is done, in ail chele Genera and Species, Or SOrES
  16. ere Mould find, that there is no new Thins made, bur only more or lels
  17. Corprehensive (ions; Whereby re may be enabled to express, in a fe
  18. sullables, oreat nuinbersot parricular Things, 25 thez agree in MOrC Or
  19. lels general conceptiors, erhich ire have tramed to that purpose. In aII
  20. ertrich, iremlar observe, that the more general rerm, is alrays the name
  21. ot a lels complex Idea; and that cach Genus, is but a partial conception
  22. otthe Species comprehended under it. S0 that il thele abstract general
  23. Ideas, be thouoht to be complete, it can only be in respect ol a certain
  24. eltablisted relation, betrreen them and certain names, which are made
  25. usc oF to signise them; and not in respeet ot any thine exiltine, as made
  26. Dy Nature.
  27. 5. 32. This is adjusted ro the true end of Speech, wrhrich is eo be che
  28. ealiest and Borrest may or communicatino our Notions. Por thus he, thaF
  29. ould matie and discourse of Things, as they agrecd in the complex idea
  30. Os Extension and Soliditr, necded but ule the word Bodr, to denore all
  31. sccti. FTCFHat; to chele, trould join otliers, lignitled by the mords Lile,
  32. Sense, and spontancous Motion, necded but use the rord Animal, 10
  33. Sionitie ai irhrich partalied ol those ideas: and he that had made
  34. a complex Idea ol a Body, Wili Lise, Sense, and Mocion, Wich the
  35. Facultr oF Realoning, and a certain Strape joined to it, necded but ule the
  36. More nionosz Ilable Man; 1o erprels all particulars that corresponded to
  37. etiat complez Idea. Ttiis is the prover bulinels ot Genus and species:
  38. and eliis Men do, Withiour any consideration ot real Essences, or hribstan-
  39. cial Forms, Wtlich come noc ichin the reach ot our Hnomledse, irtien
  40. e chink oEthose Thinos; norwithin ehe significarion ofour Words, Wheri
  41. Wre discourse WitM Others.
  42. 6. 33. Were Tro talk trichi ariy orie, of a Sort os Birds, I lately lar in SF.
  43. FamesS Parte, about chree or Tour foot hish, With a Coverins ol somethine
  44. Becrreen Fcathers and Hair, ol a darke brovn colour, without Winss, bue
  45. in the place chereot, trro or chireclictle branclies, comine dovon lihosprios
  46. of Spanisti Broom; lons great Less, With Feer only ol chree ClaWS, and
  47. Without a Tail; I mult makre this description of it, and somay malce others
  48. understand me: But When Pam told, thac the name ot it is Cassuaris, I
  49. maj then ule that mord to Ctand in discourse for ail niy complex
  50. Edea mentioned in that deseription; thoush by that word, Whieh is noW
  51. Decome d specificle name, Lhrio no more ot the real Fssence, or Consti-
  52. cution oF chat Port of Animals, thanl did belore; and lneur probably as
  53. much ofthe nature of that Species oF Birds, betore llearn d the name,
  54. asmany Finelisti-men do oF Srans, Or FTerons, Wrhich are specitick nameS,
  55. very Well norno sores ot Biras common in Lincland.

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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, fol. 221. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/778263916:0237?run=74