ABSTRACT
W E have already anticipated what we want to say. Starting with the judgment, 'The rose is red," we have to regard the rose as the appearance or manifestation of the Absolute. But we have said that appearance or manifestation is the nature of judgment. Therefore, that the Absolute appears as the rose means for us the judgment, 'The Absolute is the rose." Thus the level of the judgment, 'The Absolute is the rose," is higher than that of the judgment, 'The rose is red." But there can be a level lower than that of the latter. For example, when the rose is perceived by a man suffering from jaundice, he makes the judgment, "The rose is yellow." But this is a judgment which is contradicted later by the same man after he is cured of the disease. And the contradiction is of the form, "The rose was never yellow." Therefore the level of the judgment, "The rose is yellow," is lower than that of the judgment, "The rose is red." So far we have three levels.
