Alexander Bryan Johnson Quote

Whoever estimates the sensible sameness by the verbal identity of their common name will commit the error of mistaking for physical what is only intellectual.... the sensible signification of language is strictly limited by the sensible knowledge of the hearer.

Part II. Of the Extent of Sensible Knowledge. - The Physiology of the Senses: Or, How and what We See, Hear, Taste, Feel and Smell (1856)