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NYAYA THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE
only are, but are conscious of themselves The state of knowledge and the object of knowledge being identical, we cannot strictly speak of a correspondence of the one with the other. Or, if we speak of a correspondence between them we are to say that it is, directly known and so need not be known or tested in any other way. When we feel pain, or know something, or resolve to do anything, we may be conscious of feeling it, or knowing it, or resolving to do it. What we are here conscious of as objects are the objects themselves as they become explicit or conscious of themselves. Such knowledge is, therefore, not only true, but also known to be true by itself. Hence we admit that the truth of self-consciousness 18 self-evident, while all other truths are evidenced by external tests like coherence and pragmatic utility.
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