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sleep too. Secondly, the lamp is the helper for better illumination for the eye which is itself capable of seeing things. The lamp itself does not initiate the capacity of seeing by the eye. Otherwise, it could create it in persons under sleep, stupor or even the blind. Similarly, the living beings and mattergies have inherent capacity of motion and rest. These realities are just the helping causes and not the initiators. Had they been initiators, there would have been obstructions in motion or rest. 25-26. Moreover, it is also, sometimes, observed that there are motions even in the absence of external causes like water etc. due to the highmotion capacity in the birds. This could be explained only on the basis of the presence of reality of medium of motion. Similar case may be stated for rest also. This should lead to accept the postulate of these two realities. The reality of space cannot be said to be the cause of such motions etc. as it has the characteristics of accommodation only. 27. Further, this is not absolutely correct that all the living beings with eyes see only with the help of external factors like light etc. It has been observed that animals like a tiger and cat etc. see the objects even without external factors like light or lamp etc. due to specific capacity of their eyes - a characteristics of their class. However, human beings have no such special capacity and, therefore, they require external factors of light etc.
Similarly, this is also not a rule that all moving beings require staff for walking. The five-sensed men do walk without staff assisted by the medium of motion. However, it is not possible in case of blind men who cannot see the unevenness of grounds and, therefore, require staff for assisting their movement. It is the same case with the movement of the living beings and mattergies. All of them do not require external factors to move. Some birds require only the medium of motion (and rest if rest is there ) while some others require external factors like water etc. too along with these realities. Thus, there is a non-absolutist situation in this case. 28-29. Q. There are no medium of motion and rest as they are not perceivable like the ass's horns. We perceive only those entities which are existing like the stick etc. They function to distinguish the even or uneven
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