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PROPOSITION V.
THE REMAINING ALTERNATIVES.
Absolute Existence is either that which we know or that which we are ignorant of.
DEMONSTRATION.
It was proved by Proposition I. that Absolute Existence has only three alternative characters: it is either, first, that which we know; or, secondly, that which we are ignorant of; or, thirdly, that which we neither know nor are ignorant of. The third alternative has been excluded by Proposition IV. Absolute Existence, therefore, must be the one or other of the two remaining alternatives: in other words, it is either that which we know or that which we are ignorant of.
OBSERVATIONS AND EXPLANATIONS.
1. The elimination of the third alternative, and the proof that Absolute Existence is either that
