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“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.” ▼
▲''“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.”''
—'''Confucius'''▼
▲—'''Confucius''' (551–479 BC)
More literal translation: “If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things."
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Chengyu (four-character idiom): 名正言順. Míng zhèng yán shùn. ("call things by their own names." i.e. legitimate, valid, true.
''"First, the taking in of scattered particulars under one Idea, so that everyone understands what is being talked about ... Second, the separation of the Idea into parts, by dividing it at the joints, as nature directs, not breaking any limb in half as a bad carver might."''
—'''Plato''' (ca 428-348 BC),
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