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TATTVASANGRAHA : CHAPTER XVIII.
TEXTS (1408-1415).
IN THAT HOUSE WHEREIN THE FATHER HAD BEEN FOUND BEFORE, AND
ALSO IN THAT WHEREIN HE HAD NOT BEEN FOUND BEFORE, THERE IS THE CONCOMITANCE, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, OLEARLY PERCEIVED. -AS REGARDS THE WORD, IT DOES NOT MAKE KNOWN ANY EXTERNAL OBJECT AT ALL; BECAUSE IN THIS CASE, THE CHARACTER OF BEING OTHERWISE IMPOSSIBLE' IS NOT PRESENT; THE WORD CAN ONLY BE THE INDICATOR OF THE SPEAKER'S WISH (TO SPEAK OF A CERTAIN THING). IF THIS (SPEAKER'S WISH) WERE MEANT TO BE WHAT IS EXPRESSED BY THE WORD, THEN ITS DIFFERENCE IS QUITE CLEAR. BECAUSE WHEN THE SPEAKER'S WISH IS NOT THERE, THE WORD CANNOT BE USED.-AS REGARDS THE LAMP, IT DOES NOT MAKE THE Blue AND OTHER THINGS KNOWN BY BECOMING THE INDICATIVE (INFERENTIAL) : ALL THAT IT DOES IS TO MAKE THINGS CAPABLE OF BEING COGNISED ; AND IT IS ONLY IN THIS SENSE THAT IT IS CALLED A MEANS OF COGNITION. ONLY IN CASE THE WORD WERE AN INFERENTIAL INDICATIVE, WOULD IT BE NECESSARY TO CONSIDER IF IT FULFILS THE CONDITIONS OF BRING present in the Subject (MINOR TERM) AND SO FORTH OTHERWISE, WHY CANNOT THE SAME BE URGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE EYE AND OTHER ORGANS (AS MEANS OF COGNITION) 1-EVEN THROUGH THE CHARACTER OF BEING OTHERWISE IMPOSSIBLE', Visibility CANNOT PROVE ANYTHING, UNLESS IT IS PRESENT IN THE SUBJECT (MINOR TERM).-THUS 'ONEFEATURED PROBANS ARE ALL IMPOTENT.-IN THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN CITED AS ONE-FEATURED' PROBANS, THE PRESENCE OF two PEATURES BECOMES CLEARLY INDICATED; AND IN THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN CITED AS TWO-FEATURED', THE PRESENCE OF three FEATURES BECOMES CLEARLY INDICATED; BECAUSE EVERY PROBANS MUST RESIDE IN THE Subject (WHICH THEREFORE IS AN ADDITIONAL CONDITION THAT MUST BE FULFILLED).- IF IT BE ARGUED THAT THIS FEATURE IS IMPLIED BY THE CHARACTER OF being otherwise im. possible", -THAT CANNOT BE SO ; BECAUSE IN THE CASE OF SOUND. THOUGH Visibility MAY BE OTHERWISE DESIRET, IT IS NOT PRESENT IN SOUND (WHICH IS THE SUBJECT).-(1408-1415)
COMMENTARY. In the case of Words, the character of being otherwise impossible cannot be admissible, -in reference to external things; because it cannot serve as an Inferential Indicative of these latter,-being, as it is, dependent entirely upon the Speaker's wish-If the said character is asserted in the case of words, in reference to the object that figures in the cognition (brought about by the words),--then, there are all the three features present, as in the case of Smoke (indicating the Fire). Because, if the Speaker's wish is not there, words cannot be used, the use must be regarded as the effect of that wish;
