Note 186

The if so desired orders to determine, then must, just like the crystalline orders, be taken as to be "external" elements of order [in the sense of macroscopic effects] and at most as [mere] "indices" for, or evidence of, the presence of internal elements of order [i.e. true basic elements of order]. A true direct submolecular or even subatomic order [representing the mentioned internal elements of order] is never directly evident and describable, but only in the form of its macroscopically amplified elements of representation (think of the crystalline form-harmony and the intermolecular forces of aggregation lying at its foundation). Discussing and clarifying these outer elements of order, may, however, clarify the internal order and may allow to interpret it. These, at least, are the true footholds for making statements and reflections.

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