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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, fol. 249

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  1. nn ons )i Oras.
  2. ChieAy these threc: First, Zo make tenonn one Man S FHOuCHES OE Ldeas
  3. eo another. Secondly, Fo do it with as much ease and quicteness, a5 i5
  4. possible; and Thiralr, Thereby to conver tue Rnovledre oF Thines. Lari-
  5. suase is cicher abused, or deliciene, erhen it fails in any of chese
  6. ThICC.
  7. First. Nords Fail in the Arst oFchese Fnds, and lay not openi one ManS
  8. Ideas eo anothers riew. First, When Nen have names in their Mouchswich.
  9. out any clear and distinet Ldeas in their Minds, Whereofther arethe (IgnS;OP
  10. Secondlr, Whenther apply the common receired names ol any Lanouase
  11. to Ideas, co Which the common ule ol chat Language does not applY them;
  12. Or Thiraly. When cher apply ehiem very unsteadily, maline ehem stand
  13. nou for one, and by and by For another Idea.
  14. 6. 24. Secondly. Men Fail oF converins their ThoughEs, with aII the
  15. quickeness and ease chat may be, wtren cher have complex Ideas, Withoue
  16. havins distinct names For them. This is Lometimes the Pault oF the L an:
  17. Euase it selF, Which has noc in it a Sound vet apply d to such a Sienifica-
  18. tion: And Lometimes the Pault of the Man, Who has noc vet learnd thc
  19. BaME FOF FaE Laea he rrould BeW anotHeT.
  20. 5. 25. Thircly, Thereis no Rnomledse oF Things convered by Mens
  21. Nords, Wrhen cheir Pdeas aoree not to the Realier oF Thines. Thougii
  22. it bea Delect, that has ies Grisinal in our Ideas, Whrich are not locontor:
  23. mable eo che Nature oF Things, as Aecention, Scudr, and application
  24. mishe malce chem: Tet it fails noc to extend it selF to our Words TOO.
  25. ertien ve ule them as Signs ol real Beings, irhich vet never hac any Rea-
  26. tity or Existence.
  27. 626. First, Fe chat hath W ords oF any Language, wictiout distinct Ideas
  28. in his Mind, to which he applies chem, does, lo Par as he ules them in Dis-
  29. courle, onty makre a noise withoue any sense or Signification; arid hou
  30. Learned soever he may seem by che use oF hard NN ords, or learned Perms
  31. is not much more advanced chereby in Rnomledse, than le vould be in
  32. Fearnins, wrho had nochine in his Study, but che bare Titles ot Boolis.
  33. Wvichoue pollessinq the Contents oF them. For aI uch Words, hoivever
  34. Dut into Discourte, accordins to the righe Construction of Crammatical
  35. Rules, Or the FTarmony of ell curnedberiods, do vet amount ro nochmE
  36. Dut bare sounds, and nochins clle.
  37. G. 27. Secondly, Fre char has complex Ideas, wichout particular names
  38. For them, vould be in no verrer a Case rhan a Boolc. seller, Whohad in his
  39. WVare houle Volumes that lay there unbound, and rithout Ticles; ertrich
  40. he could cherelore makre hnoon toochers, only by Mewins choloolehocio
  41. and communicate them only by Fale. This Man is hindred in his
  42. Dilcourse, Por irant of Words eo communicate his complex Ldeas, wrtrich
  43. he istheretore Corced to makre bnomn by an enumeration olthe simple
  44. ones that compose them; and so is tain otten touse twenty Nords, tO ex-
  45. Press wrhat anocher Man signities in Onc.
  46. 5. 28. Thiraly, LTechat ules nor constantly the Parrie Sisn For the TamC
  47. Idea buE ales the Tame Nords Lomerimes in one, and Cometimes in anga
  48. ther Signiheation, oughe to pals in tho Schiools and Conversation, For 25
  49. fair a Mar a5 he does in the Market and Fxchanse, who sells several
  50. Thinos under ehe same rame.
  51. 6. 29. Fourthly, FIC that applies che WN ords oT any LangudECLO Ideass
  52. difterent Prori thole, ro Wrhich the common use ot chat Connerr applies
  53. them, Borever his omn nderstandins may be silled rich Fruch and
  54. Lishc, ill noc by such Words be able eo conver onc jor ol it to others
  55. without detinins. For horrever, the Soundsare such as are Familiarlis
  56. KHOWM

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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, fol. 249. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/778263916:0265?run=74