...figns, I call it natural. Having premifed thefe definitions, I think it is demonftrable, that if mankind had not a natural language, they could never have invented an artificial one by their reafon and ingenuity. For all artificial language fuppofes fome compact or -agreement to affix a certain...

...a natural language, could they have ever invented an artificial one by their reason and ingenuity ? All artificial language supposes some compact or agreement, to affix a certain meaning to certain signs. There must therefore have been compacts or agreements before the use of artificial signs ; and these...

...words of our GOD and SAVIOUR, That out of the abundance of the heart the mouth fpeaketh. If mankind had not a natural language, they could never have invented an artificial, by their reafon and ingenuity ; for all artificial language fuppofes fome compact or agreement to affix...

...artificial; so far as it consists of natural signs, wo call it natural. 367. If mankind had not had a natural language, they could never have invented...ingenuity. For all artificial language supposes some compacts or agreements before the use of artificial signs ; but there can be no compact or agreement...

...signs, 1 call it natural. Having premised these definitions, I think it is demonstrahle, that if mankind had not a natural language, they could never have invented an artificial one hy their reason and ingenuity. For all artificial language supposes some compact or agreement to affix...

...words, by that most ingenious, candid, and profound philosopher, Dr. Thomas Reid, formerly Professor of Moral Philosophy in the university of Glasgow. ' If...there can be no compact or agreement without signs, not without language ; and therefore there must be a natural language before any artificial language...

...artificial ; so far as it consists of natural signs, we call it natural. 367. If mankind had not had a natural language, they could never have invented...ingenuity. For all artificial language supposes some compacts or agreements before the use of artificial signs ; but there can be no compact or agreement...

...artificial ; so far as it consists of natural signs, we call it natural. 367. If mankind had not had a natural language, they could never have invented...ingenuity. For all artificial language supposes some compacts or agreements before the use of artificial signs; but there can be no compact or agreement...

...to employ it, it is obvious to object, first, that if mankind had not been previously endowed with " a natural language, they could never have invented an artificial one by their reason and ingenuity." * Secondly, that no tribe has ever been known to emerge from barbarism, except by civilizing influences...

...of some of those advantages which man gains from his social intercourse. Dr. Reid says, " If mankind had not a natural language, they could never have invented an artificial one. For all artificial language supposes some compact or agreement to affix a certain meaning to certain...