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EXAMINATION OF THE DEFINITION OF " SENSE-PERCEPTION". 659
of the Sense-organ may still be there. The illusion regarding the serpent and such things is cited as an example.
That the Illusion should not be very clear is another incongruous possibility cited. What is mixed up with Conceptual Content cannot bring about a very clear apprehension of the Thing; as the said Content operates only through the presentation of the Universal (which is always vague).(1313-1314)
The following texts sets forth the objection of the other party :
TEXTS (1315-1320).
"(a) As REGARDS THE REASON THAT THE ILLUSION IS THERE ONLY
WHEN THE SENSE-ORGAN IS THERE', IN ITS DIREOT SENSE, IT 18 INADMISSIBLE ; AND IN ITS INDIRECT SENSE, IT IS INCONCLUSIVE ; AS IT IS PRESENT IN REMEMBRANCE ALSO.-(b) AS REGARDS THR REASON 'ILLUSION IS AN ABIRRATION BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE DISORDER OF THE SENSE-ORGAN'; -THAT IS CLEARLY FOUND ALSO IN THE CASE OF EFFECTS PRODUCED INDIRECTLY,-FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE CASE OF THE Mule AND SUCH THINGS.-(c) AS REGARDS THE IDEA THAT ALL. MENTAL ILLUSIONS CEASE AFTER REFLECTION', THIS ALSO IS not quite true (INCONCLUSIVE), IN VIEW OF SUCH IDEAS AS
ENTITY' AND 'UNIVERSAL IF IT BE HELD THAT THESE NOTIONS DO CEASE ON THE SUBSEQUENT NOTION THAT THESE ARE NOT FOUND IN THE SPECIFIO INDIVIDUALITY OF THINGS ', -THEN THE ANSWER IS THAT SUCH CESSATION IS POSSIBLE ALSO IN THE CASE OF SUCH ILLUSIONS AS THAT OF 'Two Moons' -IF IT BE URGED THAT THE existence OF THESE DOES NOT CEASE, THEN, THE SAME MAY BE SAID IN REGARD TO THE NOTIONS OF THE UNIVERSAL, ETC. ALSOAS REGARDS THE ILLUSIONS REGARDING GOD AND SUCH OTHER BEINGS, APPEARING IN PERSONS WHO ARE BEST UPON BELIEVING IN THEM, THERE IS NO CESSATION AT ALL, EVEN ON LISTENING TO MILLIONS OF REASONS ; IN FACT, THESE DULL-WITTED PERSONS DECLARE THAT THESE REASONS ARE NO REASONS AT ALL."-(13151320)
COMMENTARY.
(a) If the fact of Illusion being there only when the Sense-organ is there is cited as a Reason in the direct sense, then it is Inadmissible for one or the other of the two parties : for the other party, it is not proved that Illusion is produced directly from the Sense-organs; as that is exactly what is still to be proved. On the other hand, if it is meant in the indirect sense, that the Illusion being there only when the Sense-organ is there is cited as the Reason ; -then it is Inoonclusive ; because such indirect concomitance with the Senseorgan is present in Remembrance also (which is not regarded as Senseborn).
