An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, fol. 228
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- Particles.
- EI A
- Of Particles.
- 8. T. D Fsdes Nords, Which are names oF Edeas in theMind, there
- are a preat mans others that are made use ot, to signifre the
- connexion that the Mind gires eo Ideas, or Propositions, one vith apottier.
- The Mind, in communicarinq vith octiers, does not ont need sions Ot
- che Ideas it hasthen betore ic, but others also, to Bier or intimate lome
- particular action oF ies omn, atthatcime, relarino to chose Ideas. Fhis je
- does leveral Ways; 25, I5, and Is not, are the general martes ot the Mind;
- atirmine or denring. But besides astirmarion, or negation, without nhicti
- chere is in Nordsno Frurh or Faltood, the Mind does, in declarino its
- Sentiments to orhers, connect, nor only the parts ot Propostions, Dut
- Whole sentencesone to anocher, with their sereral Relations and Depen:
- dencies, to malce a coherent Discourse.
- 5. 2. The Nords, Whereby it signities irhat connerion it oires eo thé
- several AAirmations and Nesations, that it unites in onc continied Reaso
- nins or Narration, are generally calld Parricles: and tis in the rightule oF
- thele, thatmore particularls consists the clearness and beautr of a 500d Stile.
- Tothinke vell, it is nocenouxh, that a Man has ideas clear and distinet
- in his Thouxhts, nor chat he obserres che acreement, or dilagreement ot
- Tome OF them; bur he must thinke in train, and observe the dependen.
- ey ot his Ttiouxhts and Reasonines, one uxon anottier: And eo express
- vell such methodical and rational Thouehs, he must have words to sen
- utrat Connexion, Restriction, Distinction, Opposition. Fmphasis, c. He
- sires to cach respective part of his Discourse. Pomistalie in any ol thele,
- is to pu2zlc, instead os informine his Flcarer: and theretore it is, that
- thole rords, which are not trulr, by themselres, the names of anY Ideas,
- are of such constane and indispensible use in Languase, and do so mucti
- contribute to Mens Well expremine themlelres.
- 5. 3. This PartoF Grammar has been, perhaps, as much neglected, a5
- fome others over dilixently cultirated. Fis easie For Men torrrite, one
- aster anorher, ot Cases and Genders, Moods and Tenses, Gerunds and Su
- pines: In thele and che like, there has been grear diligence used: arid
- Particles themselres, in lome Languases, havebeen, with great peir ot
- exactness, ranked into chcir several orders. Bur thouoh Prepositions and
- Conjunctions, ec. are names ell bnora in Grammar, and the Particles
- contained under, them, caretully ranked into their dictinet subdivilions; vet
- he rrho vould Men the rixhe use oF Particles, and what signiticaney and
- torce they have, must take a lictle more pains, enter into his omn FhougHIS,
- and obserre nicely che several Poctures oF his Mind in discourtins.
- 6. q. Neither is it enough, For the explainins of these Nords, eo render
- them, as is usirall in Dictionaries, By Words oF another Longue WhicM
- came nearest totheir signification: For Wharis meane by chem, is common.
- Iy as hard to be underttood in onc, as anocher Languape. They are all
- martes of some action, or Intimation of the Mind; aud theretore to under-
- cand them rixhels, the several viens, postures, stands, turs, limitations,
- and exceptions, and leveral ottier Thouohes ot the Mind, For wtrich ne
- hrave cithiernone, or very deficient Names, are diligently to be Cudied.
- Ofthele, there arc a great rariety, much exceeding the number ot Par-
- ticles, chat most Languases have io express them by: and cheretore it is
- nOE
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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, fol. 228. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/778263916:0244?run=74