CHAPTER IV. _Of the Requisites of a Philosophical Language,

and the Principles of Definition._

§ 1. First requisite of philosophical language, a steady and determinate meaning for every general name 215

2. Names in common use have often a loose connotation 215

3. --which the logician should fix, with as little alteration as possible 218

4. Why definition is often a question not of words but of things 220

5. How the logician should deal with the transitive applications of words 224

6. Evil consequences of casting off any portion of the customary connotation of words 229