Impressions are direct, vivid, and forceful products of immediate experience; ideas are merely feeble copies of these original impressions. Assuming the above statement is true, which of the statements logically follow from it?

I. Every impression leads to an idea.

II. Ideas must follow an antecedent impression.

III. The colour of the 2011 XAT test booklet right in front of a candidate is an impression to her, whereas the memory of the colour of her television set is an idea.

IV. If one was interested in the origin of the idea of the colour of a television set, then one needs to understand the impressions from which this idea was derived.

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Impressions are direct, vivid, and forceful products of immediate experience; ideas are merely feeble copies of these original impressions. Assuming the above statement is true, which of the statements logically follow from it?

I. Every impression leads to an idea.

II. Ideas must follow an antecedent impression.

III. The colour of the 2011 XAT test booklet right in front of a candidate is an impression to her, whereas the memory of the colour of her television set is an idea.

IV. If one was interested in the origin of the idea of the colour of a television set, then one needs to understand the impressions from which this idea was derived.

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**Solution:**

1. The statement says impressions are vivid and direct experiences, while ideas are faint copies of these impressions.

2. Statement I says every impression leads to an idea. This is not necessarily true because impressions are original experiences; not all impressions must produce ideas immediately.

3. Statement II says ideas must follow an antecedent impression. This aligns with the original statement because ideas are copies derived from impressions, so an idea cannot exist without a prior impression.

4. Statement III distinguishes between an immediate experience (the colour of the test booklet) as an impression and a memory (colour of the TV) as an idea. This is a correct interpretation but not a necessary logical consequence of the original statement.

5. Statement IV says to understand the origin of an idea (like the colour of the TV), one must understand the impressions it was derived from. This follows logically since ideas are copies of impressions.

6. Therefore, statements II and IV logically follow from the given statement.

**Answer:** (c) II & IV

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