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(2) Language is the external expression of the verbum 

 mentale. 



(3) The simplest elements of thought being, as we 

 have seen,* an " implicit judgment" or "concept," the 

 simplest element of language must be the external 

 expression of an implicit judgment i.e., a word or term. 



(4) The most elementary complete act of the mind 

 being a judgment,* the most elementary complete ex- 

 pression in language must be a judgment expressed in 

 words or other signs i.e., an enunciation or proposition. 



This brief sketch of the most important character- 

 istics of man, as distinguished from other animals, must 

 suffice as an introduction to the elements of the science 

 of human nature, or Anthropology. Without such ele- 

 mentary knowledge as we have here attempted to convey, 

 any study of nature, including man, must be futile and 

 deceptive. Having now indicated what are the essential 

 characters of the human intellect, we must devote the 

 following chapter to an exposition of the main laws 

 which govern the employment of our wonderful faculty 

 of reason. 



* See ante, p. 255. 



