LessonsMental Implication and Degrees of Clarity in IndicationQuiz

وَالْإِيرَادُ الْمَذْكُورُ أَيْ إِيرَادُ الْمَعْنَى الْوَاحِدِ بِطُرُقٍ مُخْتَلِفَةٍ فِي الْوُضُوحِ لَا يَتَأَتَّى بِالْوَضْعِيَّةِ
Presenting the same meaning through several ways differing in clarity is not achieved simply through conventional assignment.

The argument returns to bayān's definition. If several words have each been assigned the same meaning, on what basis should one assignment itself count as clearer than another? The question concerns the conventional relation as such, not delivery, memory, or literary elegance.

The claim is carefully restricted: it addresses variation as a feature of the bare conventional indication. Later discussion considers whether some hearers may nevertheless recognize certain familiar words more quickly in practice.

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Can convention alone create varying clarity?

Mental Implication and Degrees of Clarity in Indication

وَالْإِيرَادُ الْمَذْكُورُ أَيْ إِيرَادُ الْمَعْنَى الْوَاحِدِ بِطُرُقٍ مُخْتَلِفَةٍ فِي الْوُضُوحِ لَا يَتَأَتَّى بِالْوَضْعِيَّةِ
Presenting the same meaning through several ways differing in clarity is not achieved simply through conventional assignment.

The argument returns to bayān's definition. If several words have each been assigned the same meaning, on what basis should one assignment itself count as clearer than another? The question concerns the conventional relation as such, not delivery, memory, or literary elegance.

The claim is carefully restricted: it addresses variation as a feature of the bare conventional indication. Later discussion considers whether some hearers may nevertheless recognize certain familiar words more quickly in practice.