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TATTVASANGRAHA: CHAPTER XXV.
TEXT (3028).
INASMUCH AS THE LATER TWO STATEMENTS ARE OF THE SAME TWO MEN, IF THERE IS NO CONFIDENCE IN THE FIRST ONE, WHAT PECULIARITY IS THERE IN THE OTHER TWO (WHICH MAKES THEM MORE TRUSTWORTHY) ?
-3028)
COMMENTARY.
Later'-ie. appearing at a later time. *No confidence' -no certainty of conviction.
*In the other two '--The two other than the first, i.e. the two coming at a later time.
The man who makes one, and also two, false statements, -why should be not make a third false statoment? Who is there to prevent him doing it-by virtue of which conviction should result from the third (3028)
It has been asserted, in Text 2885, that" under the view of selfvalidity, there is no Infinito Regress, etc. eto.".
The answer to this is as follows:
TEXT (3029).
THUS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REASONING SET FORTH PREVIOUSLY, THERE IS INFINITE REGRESS INVOLVED UNDER YOUR VIEW ALSO. AND VALIDITY AND INVALIDITY REMAIN AS
THEY ARE IN REALITY. (3029)
COMMENTARY.
* The reasoning set forth previously'-.e. the one set forth under Text 3004 el seq.-(3029)
It has been argued under Teoct 2886 that "the Word that is eternal or proceeds from a trustworthy person does not become vitiated by the defects of the hearer or the speaker".
The answer to this is as follows:
