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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.

The truths now pour down fast.1. The truths of the agnoiology now come down in a torrent. The epistemology has unlocked all the sluices. The opening propositions of the agnoi-