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One of the Jaina thinkers, Yaśovijaya points to the elements of truth inherent in the three theories as follows : “He who admits separate identity of apprehension and comprehension but does not recognize succession, is right from the empirical standpoint that entertains distinction, the believer in the successive occurrence of apprehension and comprehension is correct from the analytic standpoint that distinguishes the border-line between cause and effect, while the upholder of the identity of apprehension and comprehension is right from the synthetic standpoint that tends to abolish distinction and establish identity. Therefore none of the three propositions can be called improper."
7 Cited in M.L. Mehta, Jaina Psychology (Amritsar : Sohanlal Jaindharma Pracharak Samiti, 1955), p. 56.
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