intersocietal relations

When we reason about an arbitrary bird, we may conclude that it flies, but we do not alter our concept of birdness to include flight in order to make that conclusion, as the above account implies.

Novv each man applying his vvhole time and genius upon his particular Figure, vvould doubtleſs attain to perfection; and vvhen each became incorporated and ſvvorn into the Society (as hath been propoſed) a Poet or Orator vvould have no more to do but to ſend to the particular Traders in each Kind, to the Metaphoriſt for his Allegories, to the Simile-maker for his Compariſons, to the Ironiſt for his Sarcaſms, to the Apothegmatiſt for his Sentences, etc. […]

Every trickling tiny lade, every foaming brook, told its own story.