If someone explains to me the names of
the colours by
pointing to samples and
saying
, || :
“This colour is called ‘blue’,
th
is
‘green’
,
etc.” || ”
etc.,
then this case
is
comparable || can be compared, in many
re
spects
, with that in
which || to the case where he gives me a table in
which the words
are
placed || stand under the samples of
colours
, –
although || though
this comparison may
be misleading || mislead us in
various ways.
–
One is inclined now || Now we are
inclined to extend
the || this
comparison:
To || to
have understood the explanation means to
have in mind a
concept of what has been explained || possess a conceptof that
which has been explained in your mind || , in your mind, of that which
has been explained,
and that is: a sample or picture || image. If || (to possess a sample or a picture) – so if someone
shows me various leaves and
says
, || :
“
That || This
is
what we call || what's
called a
leaf || ‘leaf’” || ”,
then I
get || obtain a concept of
‘the
form || shape
of a leaf
’,
an image || a picture of
it
, in my mind. –
But what does
the image || a
picture of a leaf look like
which has no particular shape || look like which doesn't have
any particular shape of leaf but rather
“ || ‘that which is
in common to all shapes of
leaves
” || ’?
What
colour has
the sample in my mind || is the colour of the sample in my
mind of the colour green,
–
i.e., of that which is common to all shades
of green?
“But
mightn't || couldn't
there be such
a
‘universal’
sample? || ‘universal’
samples?
Say a diagram of a leaf, or a sample of
pure
green.” –
Certain
ly.
–
But
the fact that this diagram is understood as a
diagram and not as the shape of a particular leaf, and that
the || a coloured square of pure
green is understood as a sample of everything that is greenish and not as
a sample
for || of pure green:
that lies
again in the way
in which these samples are
used. || applied.
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