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John Locke
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Section S3
Section 749 of 1,114
Canonical reference B3.C9.S3
English
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Secondly, As to COMMUNICATION BY WORDS, that too has a double use.
I. Civil.
II. Philosophical. First, By, their CIVIL use, I mean such a communication of thoughts and ideas by words, as may serve for the upholding common conversation and commerce, about the ordinary affairs and conveniences of civil life, in the societies of men, one amongst another.
Secondly, By the PHILOSOPHICAL use of words, I mean such a use of them as may serve to convey the precise notions of things, and to express in general propositions certain and undoubted truths, which the mind may rest upon and be satisfied with in its search after true knowledge. These two uses are very distinct; and a great deal less exactness will serve in the one than in the other, as we shall see in what follows.
French
Pierre Coste · Pierre Mortier, Amsterdam, 1735, third edition
En ſecond lieu, pour la communication qui ſe fait entre les hommes par le moyen des paroles, les Mots ont auſſi un double uſage :
I. L’un eſt Civil.
II. Et l’autre Philoſophique.
Prémiérement, par l’uſage civil j’entens cette communication de penſées & d’idées par le ſecours des Mots, autant qu’elle peut ſervir à la converſation & au commerce qui regarde les affaires & les commoditez ordinaires de la Vie Civile dans les différentes Sociétez qui lient les hommes les uns aux autres.
En ſecond lieu, par l’uſage philoſophique des Mots j’entens l’uſage qu’on en doit pour donner des notions préciſes des Choſes, & pour exprimer en propoſitions générales des véritez certaines & indubitables ſur leſquelles l’Eſprit peut s’appuyer, & dont il peut être ſatisfait dans la recherche de la Vérité. Ces deux Uſages ſont fort diſtincts ; & l’on peut ſe paſſer dans l’un de beaucoup moins d’exactitude que dans l’autre, comme nous verrons dans la ſuite.
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