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62 must
George Berkeley
A treatise concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge

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1 Pre, Int, 11 | since they have no use of words or any other general signs." 2 Pre, Int, 11 | observe in them no use of words or any other general signs; 3 Pre, Int, 11 | that the making use of words implies the having general 4 Pre, Int, 11 | terms?" His answer is: "Words become general by being 5 Pre, Int, 12 | may the better judge how words are made so. And here it 6 Pre, Int, 12 | will annex a meaning to our words, and speak only of what 7 Pre, Int, 12 | all lines, or, in other words, of a line in general. And, 8 Pre, Int, 18 | examine the manner wherein words have contributed to the 9 Pre, Int, 19 | give a farther account how words came to produce the doctrine 10 Pre, Int, 20 | communicating of ideas marked by words is not the chief and only 11 Pre, Int, 20 | the perception of certain words, without any ideas coming 12 Pre, Int, 20 | between. At first, indeed, the words might have occasioned ideas 13 Pre, Int, 21 | It cannot be denied that words are of excellent use, in 14 Pre, Int, 21 | darkened by the abuse of words, and general ways of speech 15 Pre, Int, 21 | delivered. Since therefore words are so apt to impose on 16 Pre, Int, 22 | my own ideas divested of words, I do not see how I can 17 Pre, Int, 23 | deliverance from the deception of words, which I dare hardly promise 18 Pre, Int, 23 | a habit as that betwixt words and ideas. Which difficulty 19 Pre, Int, 23 | ideas were annexed to their words, it doth not seem strange 20 Pre, Int, 23 | strange that they should use words for ideas - it being found 21 Pre, Int, 23 | laying aside all use of words in their meditations, and 22 Pre, Int, 23 | grow out of the abuse of words. And, in order to remedy 23 Pre, Int, 23 | off our attention from the words which signify them. But, 24 Pre, Int, 23 | the only immediate use of words was to signify ideas, and 25 Pre, Int, 24 | his being imposed on by words. He that knows he has no 26 Pre, Int, 24 | dress and incumbrance of words which so much contribute 27 Pre, Int, 24 | only draw the curtain of words, to hold the fairest tree 28 Pre, Int, 25 | embarras and delusion of words, we may make infinite reasonings 29 Pre, Int, 25 | I entreat him to make my words the occasion of his own 30 Pre, Int, 25 | of being deceived by my words, and I do not see how he 31 Text, 0, 2 | soul, or myself. By which words I do not denote any one 32 Text, 0, 17 | the common sense of those words; it must therefore be taken 33 Text, 0, 17 | the signification of the words material substance, I am 34 Text, 0, 24 | To me it is evident those words mark out either a direct 35 Text, 0, 24 | of unthinking things are words without a meaning, or which 36 Text, 0, 27 | so far as I can see, the words will, soul, spirit, do not 37 Text, 0, 27 | understand the meaning of these words.~ 38 Text, 0, 28 | only amuse ourselves with words.~ 39 Text, 0, 38 | proposition, which in other words is no more than to say, 40 Text, 0, 43 | after the same manner that words of any language suggest 41 Text, 0, 45 | anything else is meant by those words; and I once more entreat 42 Text, 0, 45 | himself to be imposed on by words. If he can conceive it possible 43 Text, 0, 54 | meaning marked by those words, and form thereof a settled 44 Text, 0, 56 | contradiction was involved in those words. But, philosophers having 45 Text, 0, 64 | they are made; or, in other words, what reason can be assigned 46 Text, 0, 65 | for combining letters into words. That a few original ideas 47 Text, 0, 68 | exists in any place. The words "to be present," when thus 48 Text, 0, 79 | particular explication of those words may be attended with great 49 Text, 0, 79 | difficulties. I answer, when words are used without a meaning, 50 Text, 0, 79 | declare you do not take the words of that proposition in their 51 Text, 0, 81 | repugnancy and trifling with words. - It remains that we consider 52 Text, 0, 82 | which use those and the like words in the vulgar acceptation, 53 Text, 0, 83 | hands that the proper use of words is the marking our conceptions, 54 Text, 0, 88 | we annex a meaning to our words. and not amuse ourselves 55 Text, 0, 89 | fixed the meaning of those words. Thing or Being is the most 56 Text, 0, 97 | on the meaning of those words; in conceiving that particular 57 Text, 0, 100| that those and the like words stand for general notions, 58 Text, 0, 121| is easy to read them into words; and so the number becomes 59 Text, 0, 122| have before observed of words in general (sect. 19, Introd.) 60 Text, 0, 122| impertinent criticisms upon words, or reasonings and controversies 61 Text, 0, 126| different sizes; or, in other words, the geometer considers 62 Text, 0, 137| to what is meant by those words. But, perhaps you will say 63 Text, 0, 139| in them. I answer, those words do mean or signify a real 64 Text, 0, 142| known," or the like, these words must not be thought to signify 65 Text, 0, 142| understand what is meant by these words. What I know, that I have


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