Third Pâda: 27. There is distinction as in the case of smell

27. There is distinction as in the case of smell; and thus Scripture declares. Just as smell, which is perceived as a quality of earth, is distinct from earth; thus knowledge of which we are conscious as the quality of a knowing subject--which relation expresses itself in judgments such as 'I know'--is different from the knowing subject. Scriptural texts also prove this relation, as e.g. 'This Person knows.'