<P> The nature of meaning, its definition, elements, and types, was discussed by philosophers Aristotle, Augustine, and Aquinas . According to them "meaning is a relationship between two sorts of things: signs and the kinds of things they mean (intend, express or signify)". One term in the relationship of meaning necessarily causes something else to come to the mind . In other words: "a sign is defined as an entity that indicates another entity to some agent for some purpose". As Augustine states, a sign is "something that shows itself to the senses and something other than itself to the mind" (Signum est quod se ipsum sensui et praeter se aliquid animo ostendit; De dial., 1975, 86). </P> <P> The types of meanings vary according to the types of the thing that is being represented . Namely: </P>

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