21 Aug 1814

Logic

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Ch. Division

'. Synthesis and Analysis

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If of this extent the amplitude be in a certain degree considerable, the aggregate idea, of which that appellative is the sign, will hardly have been formed, but that, antecedently to its formation, some other aggregate idea or ideas less ample in extent, and in their whole extent contained within the one in question will also have been formed; formed, and by their respective appellatives designated and determeined /fixed/.

Thus in a country in which human society has reached /attained/ /risen in the scale of civilisation, attained/ the pastoral state, an appellative correspondent to the word animal will scarcely have been formed, till after the two appellations, corresponding respectively to the words man and sheep, have been formed and brought into use: By the observation of the properties which are possessed by all men, and not possessed by any sheep, the aggregate idea expressed by the word man will have been formed: by the observation of the /those/ properties which are possessed by all sheep and not possessed by any man the aggregate idea expressed by the word sheep will have been formed.

In the instance of man / man/, the properties, which are common to all men, can never have been presented to the senses of any man, but, at the same time, the properties, by which the several different men that have come under observation, have differed from each other, have also and at the same time respectively been presented to his senses /sense/. The respective aggregates composed of the several simple ideas presented by each of these men respectively may be termed individual aggregates. The aggregate composed of the several simple ideas drawn alike from the contemplation of all these several men, and fixed and designated by the classical term man, may be termed a classical aggregate. (a)

Note

(a) To this purpose classical is preferred to general: class having /bringing/ /bringing in/ no such determinate ration {to species} as genus bears to /is in/ species.

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