power of conception, the first element of the thought faculty.
The best way to develop conception is to note things as they appear to you, study them to see what they possess that has attracted your attention to them, compare their attributes or elements. In fact, give birth to a thought by bringing two objects or elements together. This is what is meant by the word conception.
Judgment means a comparison of the objects you have conceived, a weighing of thing against thing, of thought against thought. You cannot weigh one thing against another until you have at least two things, and you cannot possess two things unless they exist to you, consequently you must be able to conceive before you are capable of judging.
Reason is the mental faculty that enables us to discern the difference
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