Note and Apology

Brother! I know that this Article appears to be quite obscure to you. But what can I do? The mark of premises and preliminaries is conciseness and abbreviation. It will be made clear to you in the three books. [^13]

[^13]:For the three books, see page 19 fn 3.

The Tenth Matter

The Tenth Matter

The fluency of speech is achieved by not complicating matters or entirely eschewing feelings; but by imitating nature, representing the outside world, appositely following the drift of what is intended, and making the main aim distinct. For it will mar the fluency to push forward in speech and combine with others without fully addressing the emotions.

One should beware of disorderly complications and progress gradually with the consecutive meanings.

Furthermore, one should be a student of nature in applying imaginative art so to reflect the natural laws in the art.

Also, one should make one's conceptualisations imitate the outside world and be similar to it in form. If they were to escape from the brain and become embodied outside it, the beings outside would annex them and not reject their progeny. They would say: "They're mine!" or "It's as though they are," or "they're my offspring."

Also, one has to be apt and to the point so that the drift and flow are not impeded and what is intended does not become disparate and deviate to left and right. The sides should not absorb the power of the aim so lessening its import. Indeed, with their freshness and pleasantness the corners should assist the aim like a pool.

Also, to ensure the fluency, the main aim should be made distinct and where the subsidiary aims come together, specified.