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"THE REVEALED WORD."
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TEXT (2624).
THE RELATION OF CAUSE AND EFFECT IS NOT ANYTHING DIFFERENT FROM THE THINGS THAT ARE THE CAUSE AND THE EFFECT; IT IS THESE THINGS THEMSELVES THAT ARE SPOKEN OF
AS SUCH.-(2624)
COMMENTARY
The Cause and the Effect -i.e. the two things of which one is the Cause and another the Effect.
Spoken of as such as Causal relation, etc.--for the sake of brevity. -(2624)
Says the Opponent-" If that is so, then as they vary with each individual person, how could both the speaker and hearer recognise the same Relationship? For instance, the idea present in the speaker's mind is that 'I am speaking of the same thing and by the same word that I knew at the time of the Convention and in the mind of the Hearer also, the idea is that *this man is speaking of the same thing by the same word'. If it were not so, then the cause (word) and the effect (cognition of the thing) being in two different places, how could there be any Usage at all?"
The answer to this is as follows:
TEXT (2625).
EACH OF THE TWO IS APPREHENDED BY DULL-WITTED MEN AS ONE AND THE SAME ; THUS IT IS THAT IT IS HELD TO CONTINUE DURING ALL THE TIME FROM THE CONVENTION TO THE USAGE.
(2625)
COMMENTARY.
"Dull-witted men i.e. people under illusion. * Gata'-apprehended.
Sanicata, etc.'-i.e. the time taken-occupied-by the Convention and the Usage ;-i.e. by the repeated idea of Cause and Effect and of sameness (of the Word and Meaning).-(2625)
Question: "Why is not the Relationship regarded to be really one only, - and why should it be regarded as illusory (assumed) "?
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