5 Aug. 1814

Logic

Ch. │ │ Methodization

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Disposition by means of succession and posteriority, - disposition, without regard to succession and posteriority - under one or other or both of these denominations will every possible mode of methodization be found comprehendible.

And with equal propriety it will be found applicable to the physical and to the psychical mode of arrangement - to arrangement in the physical sense and to arrangement in the psychical sense.

Priority and posteriority are relations that apply alike to place and time, to portions of place and to portions of time.

Succession is a term by which the relation between priority and posteriority is designated.

On this occasion, of the two predicaments, place is capable of being exhibited in the simplest mode. Why? Answer: Because where it is in respect of place that a number of objects are to be arranged, they may be all of them designated at the same time; in such sort as to be present to the view of the individual in question at the same time, whereas if they are to be arranged with reference to time without being arranged with reference to place, they can not be brought to the view of the same individual at the same time.

Audible signs are the only signs by means of which objects are capable of being arranged according to priority and posteriority in respect of time, otherwise than by means of reference to priority and posteriority in respect of place. By visible signs priority and posteriority in respect of time is no otherwise designated than by d o. in respect of place. By tangible signs they may be designated in either of these ways, by either of these means. To tangible signs the organs may be applied successively or all at once: but if all at once, the number to be distinguished must not be large.

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