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Mohism -> Mozi -> Book 10 -> Exposition of Canon I -> 94

諾：超、誠1、負2、正3也。相從、相去、先知、是、可，五色。長短、前後、輕重援
正五諾，皆人於知有說；過五諾，若員，無直無說；用五諾，若自然矣。4。		When we 'jump the wall', the circular stays fixed. By the things which follow from each other or exclude each other, we may know 'a priori' what it is. For the five colours, long and short, before and after, light and heavy, adduce the one to which you are committed. The matching and the assent enter the consciousness together. When something is explained, and you assent to more than that they match, for example to a circle being nowhere straight, or nothing is explained and you assent on the basis of the matching, it is as though it were so of itself.

1. 誠 : Originally read: "城".
2. 負 : Originally read: "員".
3. 正 : Originally read: "止".
4. 正五諾，皆人於知有說；過五諾，若員，無直無說；用五諾，若自然矣。 : Moved here from entry 100.