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PROPOSITION IV.
IGNORANCE OF OBJECTS PER SE.
We cannot be ignorant of any kind of objects without a subject: in other words, there can be no ignorance of objects per se, or out of relation to a mind.
DEMONSTRATION.
We can be ignorant only of what can possibly be known (Prop. III Agnoiology). But objects without a subject cannot possibly be known (Props. I. and II. Epistemology.) Therefore we cannot be ignorant of objects without a subject; and thus there can be no ignorance of objects per se.
OBSERVATIONS AND EXPLANATIONS.