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EXAMINATION OF THE IMPORT OV WORDS.
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TEXT (1202).
" IN THE CASE OF SUCH TERMS AS SON OF THE BARREN WOMAN WHERE THERE IS NO EXTERNAL OBJECT WHICH WOULD BE THE
CONTRARY' (EXCLUDED), -WHEREIN WOULD THE A pohu SUBSIST WHICH IS SAID TO BE DE
NOTED BY IT?"-(1202)
COMMENTARY.
"In the case of the term 'son of the Barren Woman', there is no such thing as the external son, which would be the contrary, and hence the object of the exclusion; then wherein would that Apoha rest which is said to be denoted by that term! It is essential that there should be an entity which is the substratum or object of the Apoha: as such substratum would be non-different from wluut is excluded by another."-(1202)
The above is answered in the following
TEXT (1203),
AS NON-ENTITIES HAVE NO FORM, WORDS APPERTAINING TO THOSE CANNOT BE EVEN SUSPECTED OF BEING DENOTATIVE OF THE UNIVERSAL AND SUCH THINGS. IN FACT, IT HAS BEEN FULLY ESTABLISHED THAT THEY ARE ONLY INDICATORS
OF THE REFLECTION.-(1203)
COMMENTARY.
Such non-entities as the son of the Barren Woman have no form, no character ;-hence words relating to those cannot even be suspected of being denotative of the Universal, etc. It is only in the case of words relating to entities that there could be any question as to whether what is denoted by them is some form or only a Reflection. As regards non-entities (or Negations) they are entirely different from Entities, hence how could words applied to them be even suspected of pertaining to entities? From this it is clear that the words in question have no object (denotation at all); all that they produce is the mere Reflection of things; and this Reflection is what is actually apprehended. Thus there is no room for the objection that has been urged.
The same is further explained :
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