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PROPOSITION VI.
THE UNIVERSAL AND THE PARTICULAR IN COGNITION.
Every cognition[1] must contain an element common to all cognition, and an element (or elements) peculiar to itself: in other words, every cognition must have a part which is unchangeable, necessary, and universal (the same in all), and a part which is changeable, contingent, and particular (different in all); and there can be no knowledge of the unchangeable, necessary, and universal part, exclusive of the changeable, contingent, and particular part; or of the changeable, contingent, and particular part, exclusive of the unchangeable, necessary, and universal part: that is to say, neither of these parts by itself can con-
- ↑ Here, and generally throughout this work, the word "cognition" signifies the known, the cognitum. This remark is necessary lest the reader should suppose that it signifies the act rather than the object of knowledge.
