Full Idea
Spoken sounds are symbols of affections in the soul, ...and just as written marks are not the same for all men, neither are spoken sounds. But what these are in the first place signs of - affections of the soul - are the same for all.
Gist of Idea
Spoken sounds vary between people, but are signs of affections of soul, which are the same for all
Source
Aristotle (On Interpretation [c.330 BCE], 16a03-08)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Categories and De Interpretatione', ed/tr. Ackrill,J.R. [OUP 1963], p.43
A Reaction
Loux identifies this passage as the source of the 'conceptualist' view of propositions, which I immediately identify with. The view that these propositions are 'the same for all' is plausible for normal objects, but dubious for complex abstractions.