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Pructus Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

What "it" refers to

Hello....

This is very esoteric teaching, but maybe in common English knowledge might be able to give some insight...

What does the "it"s refer to?
The two "it"s....

The first "it" seems to be "an unforgiving thought".
How about the second "it"?
The same with the first "it"?
Or, the second "it" refers to the "judgment"?
I feel like the second "it" may refer to the object of a judgment.

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An unforgiving thought is one which makes a judgment that it will not raise to doubt, although it is untrue.
  

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It seems to be intended like this. An unforgiving thought is one which makes a judgment that the unforgiving thought will not raise to doubt, although the judgment is untrue. However, the meaning is not completely clear to me.

  • It seems to be intended like this.
  • An unforgiving thought is one which makes a judgment that the unforgiving thought will not raise to doubt, although the judgment is untrue.
  • However, the meaning is not completely clear to me.
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It seems to be intended like this.
An unforgiving thought is one which makes a judgment that the unforgiving thought will not raise to doubt, although the judgment is untrue.

However, the meaning is not completely clear to me.
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I see... I see...

Thanks so much, Clive!!

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