It can be illustrated somewhat how particulars relate to generals by stringed instruments [see 2981], in which the sounding board* makes the general sound from which and in which particulars emerge whose sounds are according to the general one, as everyone well knows. So countless particulars come forth along with their particular differences, as do all the tones; and yet the sounds of all in their differences harmonize with the general sound, producing the pleasing effect, volume, high pitch, etc. So also in human speaking, in which the varieties and differences of the words draw from something general their pleasantness or unpleasantness, from a general feeling, and the sound can be resounding from the whole bony system of the body following its affinities with the neighboring parts. Likewise with thought, likewise with every motion of the body, or action, unless there is a general disposition of all the muscles by the lungs, and of these by the affection, there cannot be any particular motions; so in other cases. * The Latin is corpus, "body."