... true of the definition of any term of science, is of course true of the definition of a science itself: andaccordingly, (as observed in the Introductory Chapter of this work,) the definition of ... designation neither of a thing nor of a name, but of an idea. We then have The idea of a dragon is an idea of a thing which breathes flame: The idea of a dragon is an idea of a serpent:Therefore, ... predicated of it.[24] The always acute and often profound author of An Outline of Sematology (Mr. B. H. Smart) justly says,"Locke will be much more intelligible if, in the majority of places,...