Existence is pure joy........but

[gerry456]

Remember all ye that existence is pure joy; that all the sorrows are but as shadows; they pass & are done; but there is that which remains."

So existence is pure joy......but.....etc"......so therefore existence isn't pure joy due to the conjunction"but"?

[Jim Eshelman]

Wrong use of "but." In this context, "it means "only." It's an adverb here, not a conjunction.

As if it said: "Remember that existence is pure joy; [and] that all the sorrows are only as shadows..."

[gerry456]

Cool.