 It is impossible that contradictory attributes such as being and non @-@ being should at the same time belong to one and the same thing ; just as observation teaches us that a thing cannot be hot and cold at the same moment . The third alternative expressed in the words — they either are such or not such — results in cognition of indefinite nature , which is no more a source of true knowledge than doubt is . Thus the means of knowledge , the object of knowledge , the knowing subject , and the act of knowledge become all alike indefinite . How can his followers act on a doctrine , the matter of which is altogether indeterminate ? The result of your efforts is perfect knowledge and is not perfect knowledge . Observation shows that , only when a course of action is known to have a definite result , people set about it without hesitation . Hence a man who proclaims a doctrine of altogether indefinite contents does not deserve to be listened any more than a drunken or a mad man . 
 It is impossible that contradictory attributes such as being and non @-@ being should at the same time belong to one and the same thing ; just as observation <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>teaches</mark></a> us that a thing can<a href='negative_concord' title='2'><mark>not</mark></a><a href='negative_concord' title='3'><mark>be</mark></a> hot and cold at the same moment . The third alternative expressed in the words — they either <a href='drop_aux' title='4'><mark>are</mark></a>such or not such — results in cognition of indefinite nature , which <a href='drop_aux' title='5'><mark>is</mark></a>no more a source of true knowledge than doubt is . Thus the means of knowledge , the object of knowledge , the knowing subject , and the act of knowledge become all alike indefinite . How can his followers act on a doctrine , the matter of which <a href='drop_aux' title='6'><mark>is</mark></a>altogether indeterminate ? The result of your efforts <a href='drop_aux' title='7'><mark>is</mark></a>perfect knowledge and <a href='negative_concord' title='8'><mark>is</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='9'><mark>not</mark></a>perfect knowledge . Observation <a href='uninflect' title='10'><mark>shows</mark></a> that , only when a course of action is known to have a definite result , people set about it without hesitation . Hence a man <a href='null_relcl' title='11'><mark>who</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='12'><mark>proclaims</mark></a> a doctrine of altogether indefinite contents <a href='uninflect' title='13'><mark>does</mark></a> not deserve to be listened any more than a drunken or a mad man . 
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