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CHAPTER VI.. Of the Amplitude and Tenuity of Language.

The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 06 (of 11) · Thomas Hobbes — chapter 53 of 74 · ~65 words · public domain

OF THE AMPLITUDE AND TENUITY OF LANGUAGE.

A man shall add amplitude or dignity to his language, but by such means as these.

1. By changing the name with the definition, as occasion shall serve. As, when the name shall be indecent, by using the definition; or contrary.

2. By metaphors.

3. By using the plural number for the singular.

4. By privative epithets.

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