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EXAMINATION OF SAMĀNYA', THE UNIVERSAL,
411
It has been argued above (under Text 716) that—"In regard to the Cow and the Elephant, the peculiarities of Name and Idea must be due to causes other than Convention, etc. etc.".--This is answered in the following
TEXT (732).
AS REGARDS THE FIRST REASON ADDUCED, IT IS SUPERFLUOUS; AS THE FACT OF THE NOTIONS BEING BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE BODY OF CONVENTIONS IS ALREADY ADMITTED (BY US): AND THAT SAME RELATIVE (BODY OF CONVENTIONS) 18 WHAT IS POSITIVELY AND NEGATIVELY CONCOMITANT.
(732)
OOMMENTARY. If All that is sought to be proved is the general fact that the notions in question are due to other causes related to the character of the things concerned, then it is superfluons-proving what is already admitted. Because the Body of Conventions bearing upon the Cow, etc. is that other cause related to and in keeping with the character of the things ; as the said notions appear only when this Body of Conventions is there, and they do not appear when what is there is some heterogeneous Body of Conventions; which shows that it is this Body of Conventions, which is positively and negatively concomitant with them, that is the Cause of the notions in question ; us these are found to follow on the wake of the positive and negative concomi. tance of these Conventions. Thus the attempt to adduce Reasons for this is entirely futile.—(732)
TEXTS (733-734). IF THE SAID 'BODY OF CONVENTION 'IS INCLUDED IN THE SUBJECT' (OT THE INFERENCE PROPOUNDED BY THE OPPONENT), THEN THE CORROBORATIVE INSTANCE CITED BECOMES DEVOID OF THE PROBANDUM '; AS THE EXTERNAL THINGS MENTIONED, -THE Calf AND THE Goad, ETO.- ARE NOT THE DIRECT CAUSES OF THE NOTIONS ; BECAUSE THE NAMR AND SUCH OTHER QUALIFICATIONS HAVE NO BEARING UPON THE SPECIFIO PECULIARITY OF THINGS; AS THE SprorFIC PECULIARITY OF THINGS IS SOMETHING BEYOND TRE REACH OF VERBAL Ex
PRESSION.-1733-731)
COMMENTARY If the Conventional Conception' is included in the Subject (of the Opponent's Reasoning), and then it is sought to be proved that all these
