===CHAPTER VIII? : OF THE VIRTUES COMMONLY CALLED INTELLECTUAL;?

AND THEIR CONTRARY DEFECTS?

Judgment therefore without fancy is wit, but fancy without judgment, not.?

As for acquired wit智慧, (I mean acquired by method and instruction,)?

there is none but reason理性; which is grounded on the right use?

of speech; and produced the sciences.?

The passions that most of all cause the difference of wit, are?

principally, the more or less desire of power, of riches, of?

knowledge, and of honour榮譽(yù). All which may be reduced to the first, that is,?

desire of power. For riches, knowledge and honour are but several?

sorts of power.

There is yet another fault in the discourses演說 of some men; Insignificant?

which may also be numbered amongst the sorts of madness; namely, speech.?

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that abuse of words, by the name of absurdity. And that is, when men speak?

such words, as put together, have in them no signification at all; but?

are fallen upon by some, through misunderstanding of the words?

they have received, and repeat by rote生搬硬套/死記硬背; by others, from?

intention to deceive by obscurity費(fèi)解/隱晦.?

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And this is incident to none but those, that converse in questions of?

matters incomprehensible費(fèi)解的, as the Schoolmen;or in questions of?

abstruse過度復(fù)雜的(裝X)/難懂的 philosophy.?

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The common sort of men seldom speak insignificantly, and are?

therefore, by those other egregious persons counted idiots. (！??！)