كان ينبغي أن تقلّ الخصومات في العالم كثيرًا لو أُخذت الكلمات على ما هي عليه، أي علاماتٌ على أفكارنا وحسب، لا على الأشياء ذاتها.

“We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.”John Locke — An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: An analysis of Mr. Locke's Doctrine of ideas .... A defense of Mr. Locke's Opinion concerning personal identity .... A treatise on the conduct of the understanding. Some thoughts concerning reading and study for a gentleman. Elements of natural philosophy. A new method of a common place book. Extracted from the author's works. With a life of the author (1825)