<p>In order to answer this objection we must revert to that distinction between ''thing'', ''image'', and ''form'' established in the lecture upon the definition of logic. A representation is anything which may be regarded as standing for something else. Matter or thing is that for which a representation might stand prescinded from all that could constitute a relation with any representation. A form is the relation between a representation and thing prescinded from both representation and thing. An image is a representation prescinded from thing and form.</p> | <p>In order to answer this objection we must revert to that distinction between ''thing'', ''image'', and ''form'' established in the lecture upon the definition of logic. A representation is anything which may be regarded as standing for something else. Matter or thing is that for which a representation might stand prescinded from all that could constitute a relation with any representation. A form is the relation between a representation and thing prescinded from both representation and thing. An image is a representation prescinded from thing and form.</p> |