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EXAMINATION OF THE DEFINITION OF " SENSE PERCEPTION”.617
TEXT (1218).
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN WORDS AND THINGS, DUE TO CONCEPTUAL CONTENT, IS ILLUSORY ; HENCE AS IT CANNOT BE BASED UPON ANYTHING ELSE, IF THERE WERE NO CONCEPTUAL CONTENT, THE SAID CONNECTION, EVEN AS IT
IS, WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE.-(1218)
COMMENTARY.
Any real connection between Words and Things has been negatived by our predecessors, and it has also been proved that it is all illusory. Under the circumstances, if this Conceptual Content were not there, then the said connection,-even as it 18i.e. even in the illusory form,—would not be possible ; ns that connection is based upon the Conceptual Content, and as it has been proved that anything external,-in the form of Specific Individuality, Universal and the like-cannot form the denotation of words. -(1218)
Question : "Other people describe the Conceptual Content not only as *the idea associated with words, but also as that which is capable of being connected with the Universal, Quality, Action and so forth. Why do not you accept these"
Answer:
TEXT (1219).
SOME PEOPLE HAVE REGARDED THE CONCEPTUAL CONTENT TO BE TLAT WHICH IS CAPABLE OF BEING CONNECTED WITH THE UNIVERSAL AND THE REST -THAT VIEW CANNOT BE RIGHT, AS THE UNIVERSAL, ETC. HAVE ALL BEEN REJECTED, AND THEY ARE NEVER
PERCEIVED.-(1219)
COMMENTARY
• They are never perceiverli.e. the Universal. etc. are never actually perceived.
This answer has been given on the assumption (for the sake of argument) that the Universal, etc. do exist.-(1219)
of the Universal, etc. is further emphasised
The said non-perception in the following
