An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, fol. 248

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4. 6. 22. Sixthlru There remains et anottier more general, thOU∞H, per-
5. haps, less observed Abuse of Nords; and that is, that Men havins by a
6. lons and tamiliar ule annexed to them certain Ldeas, ther are apt 50 ima-
7. sine so near and necessary a connexion between +le names and the penisica-
8. tion they usein chem, that ther formardly suppose one cannot but under-
9. Stand rtrat their meanins is: and theretore one ouqur to acquiesce in ttie
10. Words delivered, as it it vere palt doube, that in the ule os tliole comimon
11. receired sounds, the Spealer and FTcarer had necessarily. the same precise
12. Ideas. Whence presumino, thac irtien ther have in Discourle used an
13. Term, They harethereby asit ere set belore ochers the verr thing thei talLE
14. Ot. And (o likemise takrine the Words of ochers, asnarurally scanding tor jure
15. Wrhrat they themselres have been accustomed to axply them to, they never
16. trouble chemselres to explain cheir omn, or underttand clearly orhers
17. meanins. From Whence commonly procceds Noise, and Wranglins, rirH-
18. our Improvement or Information; Whilst Mon take Nords tO DC the
19. constant regular marts of aorecd Norions, Wtich in truth, are no more
20. but the voluntarr and unsteady signs of their own Ideas. And Vet Nen
21. chink it Sranse, il in Dilcourse, or (Where it is otten absolutely necestary)
22. in Dispure, one lometimes astrs the meaning of their Terms: Thouch the
23. Arguines, one may every day observe in Converlation, matie ic evident,
24. that there are ferr narnes of coriplex Ideas, which any cwoMenuse For tho
25. Tame just precise Collection. Fishard to name a Word, Which Will nOE
26. bea clear instance ofthis. Life is a Permnonemore tamiliar. Ans one almost
27. erould takre it for an AArone, to be astred ehrat he meant by it. And vet
28. iEit comes in Gueltion, Whether a Plant, that lies ready Formed in tho
29. Sced have Lise; Whecher the Embrio in an Fso velore Incubation, Or a
30. Han in a Sivound ithout Sense or Motion De alive or no, it is casie to
31. perceire, thaca c’ear distinet settled Idea does not alrazs accompany the
32. OsC OF So known a Word, as that oF Fife i5. Some orols and contiled
33. Conceptions Nen indeed ordinarily have, cohich they applythe com-
34. mon Wordso cheir Language, and char tervesthem vell enough in their
35. ordinarr Discourses and Aftairs: bur this is nor sufficient for philosophicat
36. Enquiries. Rnorledse and Realonine require precile determinate ideas.
37. And chough Men will noc not be lo imporcunately dull, as noc to under.
38. Ctand whrat others lay, ithout demandins an explicarion ot their Perms;
39. nor (o troublelomels crirical, as to correct others in the ulc ot che Words
40. eher receive trom them; vet Where Fruth and Rnomledoe are concerned
41. in the Case, Ikno not hat Fault it ean be to desire the explication os
42. Words, Whose sense scems dubious: Or Whr a Nan Mould De astamed to
43. omn his Tgnorance, in What sense another NIan ules his Nords, Fince ne
44. Has Do orher ar ot certainlz bnomino it, but by being informed. This
45. Abule OF takting WVordsupon Trust, has no Where spread (0 tar, nor Witk
46. O III EFeCtS, aS aMOnG(F NTEn OF LCEOrS. Tte multiplication and obsti:
47. nacy oE Dilvutes, Wrhich has so laid waste theintollectual Worldu is ovine
48. to nochinsinore, than eo etuis ill use oF WVords. For though it be gene-
49. xallys belicred, thar there is great diversity ot Opinions in the Volumes
50. aud Variety o Controverlies, the Worid is distracted with; yet the most
51. cari And, eliat the contendirs learned Men of ditterent Parties do, in
52. their Arguings one ith anocher, is, that they speak ditterene Languages.
53. For Lam ape roimasine, that wrhen any ot them quietine Terms, thinte
54. UpOn Fhines, and Knor wrhat chey think, cher thinks all che same. Phougn
55. pertraps, What ehes vould have, De dittereni.
56. 5. 2.3. To concluce this Consideration ot the Impersectiori, aric Abse
57. SI LDTEIASC; clc ends os Laneuaze in our Discourse with ocbersu Beine
58. chietiy

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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, fol. 248. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/778263916:0264?run=74