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Then she, sighing, ''Tis that indeed! but the Identical of Identicals, the chief and head of them, and I, woe's me! I, the planter of it. So he said, 'How so?
Feshnavat exclaimed, 'Yonder 's indeed where we stumble and are tripped at starting. But she cried, 'What if I know of a sword that nought on earth or under resisteth, and before the keen edge of which all Illusions and Identicals are as summer grass to the scythe? They both shouted, 'The whereabout of that sword, O Noorna!
I have already elsewhere stated this proposition, which is one of the most important in philosophy, pointing out that there are two great principles, namely, that of identicals or of contradiction, which states that of two contradictory enunciations the one is true and the other false, and that of the sufficient reason, which states that there is no true enunciation whose reason could not be seen by one possessing all the knowledge necessary for its complete understanding.
She said, 'I rank not that first, O Feshnavat, my father; surely I rank first the illusions with which Rabesqurat hath surrounded him, and made it difficult to know him from his semblances, whenever real danger threateneth him. The Vizier assented, saying, 'Second, then, the Chief of Identicals?
Then she, sighing, ''Tis that indeed! but the Identical of Identicals, the chief and head of them, and I, woe's me! I, the planter of it. So he said, 'How so?
Feshnavat exclaimed, 'Yonder 's indeed where we stumble and are tripped at starting. But she cried, 'What if I know of a sword that nought on earth or under resisteth, and before the keen edge of which all Illusions and Identicals are as summer grass to the scythe? They both shouted, 'The whereabout of that sword, O Noorna!
She answered, 'Nay, O my father; second, the weakness that's in man, and the little probability of his finishing with Shagpat at one effort; and there is but a sole chance for whoso attempteth, and if he faileth, 'tis forever he faileth. So the Vizier said, 'Even I knew not 'twas so grave! Third, then, the Chief of Identicals? She replied, 'Third! which showeth the difficulty of the task.
And he cried, 'How? because of the Chief of Identicals planted by thee in his head? She answered, 'Because of that; but 'tis the smallest opposer, that. Then the Vizier said, 'Let us consult. So Shibli Bagarag gave ear, and the Vizier continued, 'There's first, the Chief of Identicals planted by thee in the head of that presumptuous fellow, O my daughter! By what means shall that be overcome?
She said, 'I rank not that first, O Feshnavat, my father; surely I rank first the illusions with which Rabesqurat hath surrounded him, and made it difficult to know him from his semblances, whenever real danger threateneth him. The Vizier assented, saying, 'Second, then, the Chief of Identicals?
She answered, 'Nay, O my father; second, the weakness that's in man, and the little probability of his finishing with Shagpat at one effort; and there is but a sole chance for whoso attempteth, and if he faileth, 'tis forever he faileth. So the Vizier said, 'Even I knew not 'twas so grave! Third, then, the Chief of Identicals? She replied, 'Third! which showeth the difficulty of the task.
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