This matter has, however, been discussed in my treatise about the soul, for it belongs to an investigation distinct from that which lies before us. ĭe his quidem dictum est in his quae sunt dicta de anima - alterius est enim negotii.Just as all men have not the same writing, so all men have not the same speech sounds, but the mental experiences, which these directly symbolize, are the same for all, as also are those things of which our experiences are the images. Spoken words are the symbols of mental experience and written words are the symbols of spoken words. Et quemadmodum nec litterae omnibus eaedem, sic nec eaedem voces quorum autem hae primorum notae, eaedem omnibus passiones animae sunt, et quorum hae similitudines, res etiam eaedem. Sunt ergo ea quae sunt in voce earum quae sunt in anima passionum notae, et ea quae scribuntur eorum quae sunt in voce. Primum oportet constituere quid sit nomen et quid verbum, postea quid est negatio et affirmatio et enuntiatio et oratio.Ĭhapter 1 First we must define the terms 'noun' and 'verb', then the terms 'denial' and 'affirmation', then 'proposition' and 'sentence.'
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