Chapter XIV: Book I: Things and Their Attributes

CHAPTER I.

_INTRODUCTORY._

The Universe contains '=Things=.'

[For example, "I," "London," "roses," "redness," "old English
books," "the letter which I received yesterday."]

Things have '=Attributes=.'

[For example, "large," "red," "old," "which I received
yesterday."]

One Thing may have many Attributes; and one Attribute may belong to many Things.

[Thus, the Thing "a rose" may have the Attributes "red,"
"scented," "full-blown," &c.; and the Attribute "red" may belong
to the Things "a rose," "a brick," "a ribbon," &c.]

Any Attribute, or any Set of Attributes, may be called an '=Adjunct=.'

[This word is introduced in order to avoid the constant
repetition of the phrase "Attribute or Set of Attributes."

Thus, we may say that a rose has the Attribute "red" (or the
Adjunct "red," whichever we prefer); or we may say that it has
the Adjunct "red, scented and full-blown."]

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