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Moreover, it is well to alter a term into one more
familiar, e.g. to
substitute 'clear' for 'exact' in describing a conception, and
'being fussy' for 'being busy': |
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In order to show that contrary attributes belong to the same
thing, look at its genus; |
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Since those things of which the genus is predicated must also of
necessity have one of its species predicated of them, and since
those things that are possessed of the genus in question, or are
described by terms derived from that genus, must also of necessity
be possessed of one of its species or be described by terms derived
from one of its species (e.g. if to anything the term 'scientific knowledge'
be applied, then also there will be applied to it the
term 'grammatical' or 'musical' knowledge, or knowledge of one of
the other sciences; |
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If you are not well equipped with an argument against the
assertion,
look among the definitions, real or apparent, of the thing
before you,
and if one is not enough, draw upon several. |
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Moreover, look and see in regard to the thing in question, what it
is whose reality conditions the reality of the thing in question, or
what it is whose reality necessarily follows if the thing in
question be real: |
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Moreover, look at the time involved, to see if there be any
discrepancy anywhere: |
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