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convinces men‟s
minds nor effectively silences the opponents.
Some may say: `This is `reversal‟; but is there any `reply‟ to that‟? I answer: `Certainly. The
reply is that, if
the man in doubt says, `I am in doubt‟, and does not specify the topic about which he is in doubt,
it may be
said to him, `You are like a sick man who says, `I am sick‟, without specifying his disease, and
yet asks for a
remedy; he has to be told, `There does not exist⁻ any remedy for disease in general but only for
specific
diseases like headache, diarrhea, and so forth‟ „. Similarly the man in doubt must specify what he
is in doubt
about. If he specifies the topic, I show him the truth about it by weighing it by
the five standards which
everyone who understands them acknowledges to be the true balance on which men rely whenever they
weigh anything. The balance and the soundness of the weighing are understood in just the same way
as the
student of arithmetic understands both arithmetic and the fact that the teacher of
minds nor effectively silences the opponents.
Some may say: `This is `reversal‟; but is there any `reply‟ to that‟? I answer: `Certainly. The
reply is that, if
the man in doubt says, `I am in doubt‟, and does not specify the topic about which he is in doubt,
it may be
said to him, `You are like a sick man who says, `I am sick‟, without specifying his disease, and
yet asks for a
remedy; he has to be told, `There does not exist⁻ any remedy for disease in general but only for
specific
diseases like headache, diarrhea, and so forth‟ „. Similarly the man in doubt must specify what he
is in doubt
about. If he specifies the topic, I show him the truth about it by weighing it by
the five standards which
everyone who understands them acknowledges to be the true balance on which men rely whenever they
weigh anything. The balance and the soundness of the weighing are understood in just the same way
as the
student of arithmetic understands both arithmetic and the fact that the teacher of