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CHAPTER XIX.
Section (F).
On Sambhava', 'Probability":
COMMENTARY.
" Sambhava', (Probability) serves to bring about the cognition of the components of the Aggregate after the Aggregate itself has become cognised. For instance, the idea of a hundred” follows after the existence of a thousand” has been cognised. This cannot be Inference, as there is no Corroborative Instance available."
The objection against this is set forth in the following
TEXT (1699).
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE MEMBERS OF THE AGGREGATE ARE THE CAUSES OF THE IDEA OF THE AGGREGATE; HENCE THE COGNITION OF THE PROBABILITY OF A HUNDRED PROCEEDING FROM THAT OF 'A THOUSAND' IS ONLY PRODUCED BY THE INFERENTIAL
INDICATIVE.-(1699)
COMMENTARY.
Because the Aggregate is not something apart from the components of the Aggregate,--and these components are the cause (basis) of the very notion of the 'Aggregate', therefore the cognition of a hundred' that proceeds from 'a thousand' is only a case of cognition produced by the Inferential Indicative, in the shape of Effect.-(1699)
End of Section (F).
