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NOTION.
By the word Notion I will understand any thing that stands before the mind, in reality or in imagination;—a general term, comprehending all and any other possible human term.
FAMILIARITY OF NOTIONS.
By the expression, familiarity of a notion, I will understand the acquaintance with that notion. Thus the expression "The notion table is very familiar to me," will be synonymous with the expressions "I am much acquainted with a table;—I know a great many properties and circumstances relating particularly to a table." The expression "The notion elephant is not so familiar to me as the notion table," will be synonymous with the expressions "I am less acquainted with elephant than with table;" "I know less about the properties and circumstances relating particularly to elephant, than about those relating to table."
