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AN EPITOME OF JAINISM.
revealing themselves through a system of interrelated parts
FORM I
"स्यादस्तोव सर्व्वमिति सदंश कल्पना विभजनेन प्रथमोभङ्ग : as for example - स्यात् अस्तोव घट: १९ May be, partly or in a certain sense the jar exists.
Although this form is applicable to every
Form-Some
how the thing
crists
The First thing or being in affirming its existence still the ghata, the jar, is only here taken into consideration as a concrete instance for the illustration of this heptagonic principle This is no more than affirming the existence of the Jar as such and none can ordinarily deny the existence of it when clearly perceived So this affirmation relative to the existence of the jar as such presupposes an anterior perception of the object It may be contended, indeed, that we often rely upon the words of others and do not perceive things directly. But if we dive deep into the question, we find that everything, the existence of which we either affirm or deny, is in relation to some particular thought or percep tion having a finitude of expression-a fact so emphasised by the ontological argument
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