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EXAMINATION OF SĀMĂNYA', THE UNIVERSAL'.
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* superfluous' (proving what is already adinitted) and the rest are applicable to this argument also.
The phrase 'and me rest' includes the fallacies of the Corroborative Instance being devoid of the Probandum', the Reason being unproven, and 'fallible (Inconclusive) and so fortlı-(747)
The following Text points out the 'Fallibility of the Opponent's Reason in another manner :
TEXTS (748-749).
WITHOUT ANY ALL-EMBRACING BASIS, THERE 15—(a) A PARTICULAR
COGNITION IN REGARD TO THE 'Cook '; (b) SIMILARLY THERE IS THE NOTION OF NEGATION' IN REGARD TO NEGATION TTSELY; AS ALSO (c) IN REGARD TO PERSONS AND THINGS CREATED BY IMAGINATION, AND (d) IN REGARD TO DEAD AND UNBORN PERSONS.-IN VIEW OF ALL THESE COGNITIONS, THE REASON BECOMES OPEN TO THE FALLACY OF FALLIBILITY":
(748-749)
COMMENTARY.
In the case of the notion of the Cook', the Teacher and the like, there are no such all-embracing bases as the character of being Cook, the character of being the Teacher and so forth, on which comprehensive notions of the
Cook' and the Teacher' could be based. Similarly in regard to the four kinds of Negation,-Prior Negation and the like,-how could there be any such comprehensive notion as Negation'? Certainly there could be no Universal in this case, -as this must rest in positive entities.-Similarly in regard to persons and things created by imagination, such as the poetical character of Chandrápida (in Kadambari) and White Palaces in the sky and so forth,and also in regard to persons dead and unborn-such as Maluisammata. Shantha and the rest,-how could there be any notion without there being any comprehensive character ? Surely there is no Universal' in these cases, which are all based upon individuals.-(748-749)
The following Texts explain the notions of the Cook', etc:
