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from the point of view of the predominance of the aspect of non-existence.
The third proposition 'relatively the pot exists and does not exist' is maintained on the ground that the pot exists in reference to its own substance and does not exist with reference to the substance of other things. It exists in its own place and does not exist in other places. It exists in the present time and does not exist in the time preceding its manufacture or succeeding its destruction. i. e., the past and the future. The pot exist in reference to its own form or mode and does not exist in reference to the modes or forms of other things. According to this proposition, the first part of the judgment is true from the point of view of the existence of the individual properties of the pot and the second part is true from the point of view of the non-existence of other properties in it. It means that the pot exists from the stand-point of its individual properties and that it does not exist from the view-point of the absence of other qualities in it.
The fourth proposition 'relatively the pot is indescribable' is true if both the points of view of the previous propositions are assumed simultaneously. When both the views of existence and non-existence are taken at the same time, it becomes indescribable.
The fifth proposition 'relatively the pot exists and is indescribable' means that the pot exists in regard to its existent form but it becomes indescribable if both its existent and nonexistent forms are considered simultaneously. It is indescribable, yet, it exists.
The sixth proposition 'relatively the pot does not exist and is indescribable' means that the pot does not exist in regard to its non-existent aspects but looked at from the point of view of its existent and non-existent forms simultaneously, it becomes indescribable. Here the point of view refers to the combination of indescribability and non-existence.
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