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EXAMINATION OF THE IMPORT OF WORDS.
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is known to them; and yet the source of the Illusion being there, equally in both, there is—as already explained by sa mistaken usage in accord ance with each man's own apprehension, just as in the case of the perception of two moons by the man of disordered vision.-Thus then, both men having the apprehension of the same thing, the making of Convention is quite possible.-(1210)
An example is cited to illustrate the above :
TEXT (1211).
JUST AS THE MAN WHOSE EYE HAS BEEN ATTACKED BY A PISORDER SAYS TO ANOTHER LIKE HIMSELF THAT THERE ARE TWO MOONS!,
-80 ALSO IS ALL VERBAL USAGE.-(1211)
COMMENTARY
* Who is like himself',-i.e, to the other man, with disordered vision. (1211)
Nor is the Convention futile in this case
this is shown in the following
TEXT (1212).
THE CONCOMITANCE OF THE CONVENTION HAS BEEN ACCEPTED ONLY ON
THE BASIS OF THE NOTIONS OF MEN; IN FACT, ALL COGNITIONS
BROUGHT ABOUT BY WORDS ARE ULTIMATELY FALSE,-(1212)
COMMENTARY
The idea that the Convention is concomitant with the two points of time,-that of its making and the consequent usage—is admitted only on the basis of the apprehension of Reflection of the Thing apprehended by the Speaker and the Listener; it is not really true; the idea, in fact, is based upon the fact that at the time of usage both the Speaker and the Listener have the (false) notion that the thing seen now and that seen at the time of the making of the Convention are one and the same.
Question :-"Why is this not accepted as being so in reality ?" Answer In fact, all cognitions, etc. etc.':-(1212)
End of Chapter XVI.
