First Classification
1. First Intention: a concept by which we know a thing independent of our mind.
Ex. Humans have two legs.
2. Second Intention: a concept by which we conceive a thing in reality in so far as the mind understands it.
Ex. The Philippines is the Pearl of the Orient Seas.
Second Classification
Ex. Black dress, Red lips, Green shirt
2. Abstract – A concept endowed with form only.
Ex. blackness, loyalty
Third Classification – a concept which could either be ”absolute” or “connotative”.
1. Absolute – a concept that manifests itself to the mind as a substance and as an independent reality. Ex. Man, God
2. Connotative – a concept that manifests itself to the mind as an accident connected to a substance.
Ex. Debater, speaker, kind, beautiful
Fourth Classification - it depends on the quality of the sentence.
1. Positive – an essential characteristic of this classification is that it formulates the concept in an affirmative form.
Ex. She is an honest person.
2. Negative – It expresses an object that lacks something or that which is stated in negative form.
Ex. Pedro is not happy.
