For instance, those who have most often regarded with admiration the stature of man, will by the name of man understand an animal of erect stature; those who have been accustomed to regard some other attribute, will form a different general image of man, for instance, that man is a laughing animal, a two footed animal without feathers, a rational animal, and thus, in other cases, everyone will form general images of things according to the habit of his body.