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THE PRACTICAL PATH.
synonymous words which posess nice distinctions of meaning as if they all meant exactly the same thing. Pride and conceit may be taken to be fairly good instances of words which, if taken to mean exactly the same mental trait, would give rise to this fallacy.
(7) Evambhutâbhâsa lies in asserting that the existence of a thing depends on its performance of the particular function with reference to which alone it has been described, as for instance to say that a devotee is nonexistent because he is no longer engaged in devotion.
The nature of the nayas and the Saptabhangi system of predication having been shown, we now proceed to a general consideration of the Tattvas.
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