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"THE REVEALED WORD."
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TEXT (2723).
IN CASE THIS IS NOT ADMITTED, THEN, IN CONNECTION WITH THINGS SEEN ONE AFTER THE OTHER, THERE COULD BE NO SUCH CUMULATIVE COGNITION AS THERE IS IN THE IDEA OF 'A HUNDRED
AND OTHER NUMBERS.-(2723)
COMMENTARY.
If all Remembrances appeared only in a certain order of sequence,then, in connection with things seen one after the other, there could be no such conception of them at one and the same time as is involved in the idea of a hundred' and so forth ; nor would there be any difference in the conceptions of the 'hundred' and the million and so forth, at the time of their appearance.-(2723)
The following Text sums up the discussion :
TEXT (2724).
THUS THEN, THOUGH, IN REGARD TO THE LETTERS, THE COGNITIONS, AUDITORY AND MENTAL, THAT APPEAR AT FIRST ARE IN AN ORDER OF SEQUENCE, -YET, LATER ON, THERE IS REMEMBRANCE OF THEM ALL, AT THE SAME TIME,
-(2724)
COMMENTARY.
The following might be urged "If it is as stated, then the said cumula. tive cognition itself may be the cause of the comprehension of the meaning, not the Lotters; as these will have long ceased to exist. But this cannot be right; because all men, down to the child, knows that the meaning is comprehended immediately on the cognition of the Word ".
In anticipation of this argument, the Author supplies the following answer :
TEXT (2725).
THUS THE LETTERS DO ENTER INTO IT; AS THE THINGS DENOTED ARE NOT FAR REMOVED FROM THEM; THIS IS THE REASON WHY PEOPLE SPEAK OF THE COGNITION AS PROCEEDING FROM THE
WORD.-(2725)
COMMENTARY Enter into it'-i.e. enter into the said Cumulative Cognition.
• Laukilaih '—the nominal affix has been used here in the reflective sense. -(2725)