11. The body must therefore be exposed to external objects and possess receptivity for them. 12. This causes the internal object to destroy the external object and take its place. 13. Therefore, happiness is the result of self-conquest and freedom from external objects . 14. It is separate from the external object . 15. Images of external objects must be kept in the same sequence in which they were received. 16. That is, there is an " ontological commitment " to such external objects . 17. The word " only " is intended to deny the existence of any external objects of consciousness. 18. Fodor suggests that the character of these modules permits the possibility of causal relations with external objects . 19. A private, subjective intuition is thereby discursively thought to be a representation of an external object . 20. The external object is perceived by the intellect's understanding as being the cause of sensations.
