If there is absolutely no connection between the representation and the conception signified by it, founded on subsumption under the concept, or association of Ideas; but the signs and the things signified are combined in a purely conventional manner, by positive, accidentally introduced laws; then I call this degenerate kind of allegory Symbolism.
-Eta gainera aurkeztuaren eta horren bitartez aditzera emandako kontzeptuaren artean ez badago subsuntzioan kontzeptu horren azpian edo idei asoziazioan oinarrituriko loturarik; baizik zeinuak eta adierazia erabat kobentzionalki ezarpen positibo, ausaz eragindakoz jartzen badira harremanean elkarrekin: alegoriaren sasi-mota horri sinbolo deitzen diot nik.