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A Concept (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a grouping of more or less definite images designating frequently recurring and associated sensations, groups of sensations.

A Concept (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a kind of objectivity that is constituted perspectivally, and the more affects we allow to speak about one thing and the more eyes we can use to observe one thing, the more complete will our so-called objective concept of this thing be.

A Concept (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an inferior tool of thinking which is abandoned for intuitions by the liberated intellect.

A Concept (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not just one meaning but a whole synthesis of meanings that have gelled over time. The meaning of a concept is at most the value attached to it at a given time and the genealogy of a concept strives to make its meaning indefinable.

A Concept (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the historical process of the collecting together of many images into something audible (a word) whereby the common element, and basis, and glue for all these images is a recurring and associated week sensation which we confuse as designating them as similar.

A Concept (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the residue of a metaphor, merely a word which is abstracted and generalized and 'simultaneously has to fit countless more or less similar cases'.