2230. For I know him. That this signifies that it is true, is evident from the signification of “knowing.” Properly speaking, to “know” [cognoscere] anyone is to know [scire] that he is of such and such a quality; and it is the same when the term is applied to anything, or to anything else: to “know” it means to know that such is its quality; and therefore to “know” [nosse] has reference to that which is predicated, and it signifies that that which is meant in accordance with the series of things is so, or is true.
