is named from pheresthai,
because the soul moves in harmony with nature: epithumia is e epi ton
thumon iousa dunamis: thumos is apo tes thuseos tes psuches: imeros--oti
eimenos pei e psuche: pothos, the desire which is in another place,
allothi pou: eros was anciently esros, and so called because it flows
into (esrei) the soul from without: doxa is e dioxis tou eidenai, or
expresses the shooting from a bow (toxon). The latter etymology is
confirmed by the words boulesthai, boule, aboulia, which all have to do
with shooting (bole): and similarly oiesis is nothing but the movement
(oisis) of the soul towards essence. Ekousion is to eikon--the
yielding--anagke is e an agke iousa, the passage through ravines which
impede motion: aletheia is theia ale, divine motion. Pseudos is the
opposite of this, implying the principle of constraint and forced
repose, which is expressed under the figure of sleep, to eudon; the psi
is an addition. Onoma, a name, affirms the real existence of that which
is sought after--on ou masma estin. On and ousia are only ion with an
iota broken off; and ouk on is ouk ion. 'And what are ion, reon, doun?'
One way of explaining them has been already suggested--they may be of
foreign origin; and possibly this is the true answer. But mere antiquity
may often prevent our recognizing words, after all the complications
which they have undergone; and we must remember that however far we
carry back our analysis some ultimate elements or roots will remain
which can be no further analyzed. For example; the word agathos was
supposed by us to be a compound of agastos and thoos, and probably thoos
may be further resolvable. But if we take a word of which no further
resolution seems attainable, we may fairly conclude that we have reached
one of these original elements, and the truth of such a word must be
tested by some new method. Will you help me in the search?

All names, whether primary or secondary, are intended to show the nature
of things; and the secondary, as I conceive, derive their significance
from the primary. But then, how do the primary names indicate anything?
And let me ask another question,--If we had no faculty of speech, how
should we communicate with one another? Should we not use signs,
like the deaf and dumb? The elevation of our hands would mean
lightness--heaviness would be expressed by letting them drop. The
running of any animal would be described by a similar movement of our
own frames. T