Leviathan — Page 2
And this Seeming, or Fancy, is that which men call sense; and consisteth, as to the Eye, in a Light, or Colour Figured; To the Eare, in a Sound; To the Nostrill, in an Odour; To the Tongue and Palat, in a Savour; and to the rest of the body, in Heat, Cold, Hardnesse, Softnesse, and such other qualities, as we discern by Feeling.
Und dieses Scheinbild, oder die Einbildung, ist das, was die Menschen Sinneswahrnehmung nennen; und besteht, was das Auge betrifft, in einem Licht oder einer geformten Farbe; für das Ohr in einem Klang; für die Nase in einem Geruch; für die Zunge und den Gaumen in einem Geschmack; und für den Rest des Körpers in Wärme, Kälte, Härte, Weichheit und solchen anderen Eigenschaften, wie wir sie durch das Fühlen wahrnehmen.
All which qualities called Sensible, are in the object that causeth them, but so many several motions of the matter, by which it presseth our organs diversly.
All diese Eigenschaften, die als wahrnehmbar bezeichnet werden, sind in dem Gegenstand, der sie hervorruft, jedoch nur als vielfältige verschiedene Bewegungen der Materie, durch die er unsere Organe auf unterschiedliche Weise beeinflusst.
Neither in us that are pressed, are they anything els, but divers motions; (for motion, produceth nothing but motion.)
Auch in uns, die wir beeinflusst werden, sind sie nichts anderes als verschiedenartige Bewegungen; (denn Bewegung erzeugt nichts außer Bewegung.)
But their apparence to us is Fancy, the same waking, that dreaming.
Aber ihr Erscheinen für uns ist Einbildung, dieselbe im Wachen wie im Träumen.
And as pressing, rubbing, or striking the Eye, makes us fancy a light; and pressing the Eare, produceth a dinne; so do the bodies also we see, or hear, produce the same by their strong, though unobserved action,
Und so wie das Drücken, Reiben oder Schlagen auf das Auge uns ein Licht einbilden lässt; und das Drücken auf das Ohr ein Dröhnen erzeugt; so bringen auch die Körper, die wir sehen oder hören, dasselbe durch ihre starke, wenn auch unbemerkte Einwirkung hervor,
For if those Colours, and Sounds, were in the Bodies, or Objects that cause them, they could not bee severed from them, as by glasses, and in Ecchoes by reflection, wee see they are; where we know the thing we see, is in one place; the apparence, in another.
Denn wenn jene Farben und Klänge in den Körpern oder Gegenständen wären, die sie hervorrufen, könnten sie nicht von ihnen getrennt werden, wie wir es durch Gläser und bei Echos durch Reflexion sehen; wobei wir wissen, dass das Ding, das wir sehen, an einem Ort ist, das Erscheinungsbild jedoch an einem anderen.
And though at some certain distance, the reall, and very object seem invested with the fancy it begets in us; Yet still the object is one thing, the image or fancy is another.
Und obwohl das wirkliche und eigentliche Objekt in einer gewissen Entfernung mit der Einbildung, die es in uns erzeugt, behaftet zu sein scheint, ist das Objekt dennoch eine Sache, das Bild oder die Einbildung eine andere.
Vocabulary
- dieses
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'this' (neuter).
- Scheinbild
- Illusory image or phantom appearance perceived by senses.
- oder
- Conjunction meaning 'or', presenting an alternative.
- Einbildung
- Imagination or illusion; something falsely perceived or imagined.
- Menschen
- Plural noun referring to human beings or people.
- Sinneswahrnehmung
- Sense perception; awareness gained through the senses.
- nennen
- To name or call something by a particular term.
- besteht
- Third-person singular of 'bestehen'; consists or exists.
- Auge
- The eye; organ of vision in humans and animals.
- betrifft
- Concerns or pertains to something; third-person singular.
- Licht
- Light; visible electromagnetic radiation perceived by the eye.
- geformten
- Adjective meaning 'shaped' or 'formed' in a specific way.
- Farbe
- Color; visual property perceived from reflected light.
- Ohr
- The ear; organ used for hearing sounds.
- Klang
- Sound or tone perceived by the ear.
- Nase
- The nose; organ used for smelling and breathing.
- Geruch
- Smell or odor perceived through the nose.
- Zunge
- The tongue; organ of taste and speech.
- Gaumen
- The palate; roof of the mouth involved in taste.
- Geschmack
- Taste; sensory perception experienced through the tongue.
- Rest
- Remainder or rest; what is left of something.
- Körpers
- Genitive form of 'Körper'; of the body.
- Wärme
- Warmth or heat perceived through touch.
- Kälte
- Cold; low-temperature sensation perceived by touch.
- Härte
- Hardness; physical property of resistance to deformation.
- Weichheit
- Softness; quality of yielding easily to pressure or touch.
- solchen
- Inflected form of 'solch'; meaning 'such' or 'those kinds'.
- anderen
- Inflected form of 'ander'; meaning 'other' or 'different'.
- Eigenschaften
- Properties or characteristics that define something.
- durch
- Preposition meaning 'through' or 'by means of'.
- Fühlen
- Feeling or sensing; perception through physical touch.
- wahrnehmen
- To perceive or sense something through the senses.
- diese
- Demonstrative pronoun/adjective meaning 'these' or 'those'.
- als
- Conjunction meaning 'as' or 'when'; used in comparisons.
- wahrnehmbar
- Perceptible; capable of being detected by the senses.
- bezeichnet
- Labeled or designated as something; past participle of bezeichnen.
- werden
- Auxiliary verb meaning 'to become' or forming passive voice.
- Gegenstand
- Object or subject; a physical thing under consideration.
- hervorruft
- Causes or evokes something; third-person singular present.
- jedoch
- Adverb/conjunction meaning 'however' or 'nevertheless'.
- nur
- Adverb meaning 'only' or 'just', limiting scope.
- vielfältige
- Diverse or manifold; of many varied kinds or forms.
- verschiedene
- Various or different; of several distinct kinds.
- Bewegungen
- Movements; physical motions or changes in position.
- Materie
- Matter; physical substance that makes up the universe.
- unsere
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'our' referring to a group.
- Organe
- Organs; specialized body parts performing specific functions.
- unterschiedliche
- Adjective meaning 'different' or 'varied' in nature.
- Weise
- Way or manner in which something is done.
- beeinflusst
- Influenced or affected; past participle of beeinflussen.
- nichts
- Pronoun meaning 'nothing'; absence of anything.
- anderes
- Neuter form of 'ander'; meaning 'something else' or 'different'.
- verschiedenartige
- Of various kinds; diverse and differing in type.
- denn
- Conjunction meaning 'for' or 'because'; also 'then'.
- Bewegung
- Movement; act or process of moving physically.
- erzeugt
- Produces or generates something; third-person singular present.
- außer
- Preposition meaning 'except for' or 'besides'.
- ihr
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'their' or 'her'; also 'you' (plural).
- Erscheinen
- Appearance or manifestation; the act of appearing.
- dieselbe
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'the same' (feminine).
- Wachen
- Waking state; being awake as opposed to sleeping.
- Träumen
- Dreaming; mental activity occurring during sleep.
- Drücken
- Pressing or squeezing; applying force to something physically.
- Reiben
- Rubbing; moving surfaces against each other with friction.
- Schlagen
- Striking or hitting; delivering a blow to something.
- einbilden
- To imagine or fancy; to falsely believe something exists.
- lässt
- Third-person singular of 'lassen'; allows or causes something.
- Dröhnen
- Rumbling or booming sound; a deep resonant noise.
- bringen
- To bring or cause; to produce or introduce something.
- Körper
- Body; the physical structure of a living organism.
- sehen
- To see; to perceive with the eyes visually.
- hören
- To hear; to perceive sounds through the ears.
- dasselbe
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'the same thing' (neuter).
- ihre
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'their' or 'her' (feminine/plural).
- starke
- Inflected adjective meaning 'strong' or 'intense'.
- wenn
- Conjunction meaning 'when' or 'if' in conditional clauses.
- unbemerkte
- Unnoticed; occurring without being perceived or detected.
- Einwirkung
- Effect or influence exerted on something by an agent.
- hervor
- Separable prefix meaning 'forth' or 'out'; used in compounds.
- Denn
- Conjunction meaning 'for' or 'because' explaining a reason.
- jene
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'those' referring to distant things.
- Farben
- Plural of Farbe; colors perceived visually by the eye.
- Klänge
- Plural of Klang; sounds or tones perceived by hearing.
- Körpern
- Dative plural of Körper; bodies or physical objects.
- Gegenständen
- Dative plural of Gegenstand; objects or physical things.
- wären
- Subjunctive II of 'sein'; would be (hypothetical/conditional).
- hervorrufen
- To evoke or cause; to produce a response or effect.
- könnten
- Subjunctive II of 'können'; could (hypothetical possibility).
- ihnen
- Dative plural pronoun meaning 'them' or formal 'you'.
- getrennt
- Separated or detached; past participle of trennen.
- Gläser
- Plural of Glas; glasses or lenses used for optics.
- bei
- Preposition meaning 'near', 'at', or 'in the case of'.
- Echos
- Plural of Echo; reflected sounds heard after the original.
- Reflexion
- Reflection; bouncing back of light, sound, or thought.
- wobei
- Relative adverb meaning 'whereby' or 'in which process'.
- wissen
- To know facts or information; cognitive knowledge.
- dass
- Conjunction meaning 'that', introducing a subordinate clause.
- Ding
- Thing; a general word for any physical object.
- Ort
- Place or location; a specific spot or position.
- Erscheinungsbild
- Appearance or visual impression; how something looks outwardly.
- obwohl
- Conjunction meaning 'although' or 'even though'.
- wirkliche
- Inflected adjective meaning 'real' or 'actual' in nature.
- eigentliche
- Inflected adjective meaning 'true', 'actual', or 'proper'.
- Objekt
- Object; a material thing that can be perceived.
- gewissen
- Certain or particular; used to indicate a definite amount.
- Entfernung
- Distance or removal; the space between two points.
- behaftet
- Afflicted or burdened with; associated with a quality.
- sein
- Infinitive 'to be'; fundamental verb of existence or identity.
- scheint
- Seems or appears; third-person singular of scheinen.
- dennoch
- Adverb meaning 'nevertheless' or 'yet', indicating contrast.
- Sache
- Thing or matter; a general term for an issue or object.
- Bild
- Image or picture; a visual representation of something.
- andere
- Adjective/pronoun meaning 'other' or 'another' in contrast.
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