...expected them to be more adept at saving me from myself. CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY General Introduction [I]n the right definition of names lies the first...which is the acquisition of science; and in wrong, or not definition lies the first abuse; from which proceed all false and senseless tenets. THOMAS HOBBES...

...precise and meaningful thought would be impossible: 'So that in the right Definition of Names, lyes the first use of Speech; which is the Acquisition of Science: And in wrong, or no Definitions, lyes the first abuse; from which proceed all false and senseless Tenets'. 101 Although Hobbes has it...

..."signs of science infallible." Hobbes reduced the diversity of names to four in order to arrive at "the first use of speech, which is the acquisition of science," and lies in the right definition of names. The first category is all "names of matter." The second is called...