The Philosopher's Language

A long time ago, there was a philosopher. He had realized that most of the problems that the other philosophers were dealing with, was due to them not having a good enough language to express their thoughts with. A lot of their effort was put into defining new terms and concepts to add to their existing language. Still, they seemed to always quarrel about the meaning of very basic notions, whose nature should be obvious to every human. So our man set out to recreate language. Language, which has been with humans since the very beginning. Perhaps it even defines what a human is. From the ground up, he started recreating humanity's closest ally. A new Language, for those who truly seek Knowledge. A Language which would focus the powers of the mind to think only clear thoughts, and allow one to share those thoughts with others, without confusion. His ambition was greater than that of any philosopher who came before him, or any who has come after him since. His whole working life, he dedicated to this language. In the end, he had made a large book about it. When the book was being published, he had to come up with a name for it. Because he had worked so hard on the Language, he knew he scope of his ignorance. Even though he had laid down a lifetime, he could not even scratch the surface of the Language. Others would have to come after him and expand upon it. So he gave the book a name that meant that its content was Basic, but also that it was something Foundational. He named it Elements.