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its many transformations are obvious. If one believes in the stages of transformation from the earth to the sugar, he can also believe in the development of sugar from the earth According to Indian Philosophy the causes of such a development are the innumerable attributes of a substance and not the origination of non-existant, and this argument is only applicable when it is said that, matter is formed out of matter and not the soul out of matter
3. In a billiard room the players see that two balls on the table move in opposite directions If the movement of two balls is not in the opposite directions, they cannot meet Moving in opposite directions, one ball comes from one direction and the other ball comes from the opposite direction, and when they meet the two opposites meet. When these two balls from opposite directions meet there is a change in their mode. One ball was moving towards the east and the other was moving towards the west. When they meet and clash they change their path and a new direction in their respective movements originates as different from their original easterly or westerly directions. This is an example of the qualitative change of motion 37
There might be a decorative usage of words in this illustration but, it appears to be devoid of any sincerity to prove the accepted conclusion. This illustra
37 Vaigyanik Bhautikvad p 157.
