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3. Methods of Concentration
In concentration there are two methods, or two kinds of mental processes : (1) analytical and (2) synthetical.
The Analytical process is for explaining a thing, for explaining knowledge of the parts, uses, and source.
Synthesis is the process for finding out new knowledge about the thing, and is the searching out of the relations which the thing has to other things in the universe.
In pursuing the analytical method, be careful to avoid running into errors from abstraction. To analyse water, to find it consists of two parts of hydrogen and one part of oxygen, and then to say
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