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AN EPITOME OF JAINISM. revealing themselves through a system of interrelated parts.
FORM I. "स्यादस्ताव सर्वमिति सदंश कल्पना विभजनेन प्रथमोभङ्ग : as for example-स्यात् अस्ताव घट : i.e. May be, partly or in a certain sense the jar exists.
Although this form is applicable to every The First thing or being in affirming its existence still how the thing the ghata, the jar, is only here taken into
consideration as a concrete instance for the illustration of this heptagonic principle. This is no more than affirming the existence of the jar as such and none can ordinarily deny the existence of it when clearly perceived. So this affirmation relative to the existence of the jar as such presupposes an anterior perception of the object. It may be contended, indeed, that we often rely upon the words of others and do not perceive things directly. But if we dive deep into the question, we find that everything, the existence of which we either affirm or deny, is in relation to some particular thought or perception having a finitude of expression-a fact so emphasised by the ontological argument.
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