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Again the reasoning part of the soul is divided into conception and
articulation. Conception is an activity of the soul originating in the
reason without resulting in utterance. Accordingly, often, even when
we are silent we run through a whole speech in our minds, and hold
discussions in our dreams. And it is this faculty chiefly which
constitutes us all reasoning beings. For those who are dumb by birth
or have lost their voice through some disease or injury, are just as
much reasoning beings. But articulation by voice or in the different
dialects requires energy: that is to say, the word is articulated by
the
tongue and mouth, and this is why it is named articulation. It is,
indeed, the messenger of thought, and it is because of it that we are
called speaking beings.
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