DLW 189 - Degrees of Height, Degrees of Breadth

DLW 189

Degrees of height are homogeneous,
with one following after another in succession,
like end, cause and effect.
Since degrees of breadth or continuous degrees
are like those in a progression of light to dark,
of heat to cold, of hard to soft, of dense to rare,
of thick to thin, and so on,
and these degrees are known from
sense experience and visual observation,
whereas degrees of height or discrete degrees are not,
therefore we must deal chiefly
with the latter in this part of the work;
for without a concept of these latter degrees,
one cannot see causes.