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· Primary qualities vs. Secondary qualities o Objects have qualities that are “the power to produce any idea in our mind” o Primary qualities: really exist in the objects themselves § solidity, extension, figure (shape), motion or rest, number o Secondary qualities: produce ideas that have no exact counterpart in the object itself § colors, sounds, tastes, odors o Distinction between appearance and reality · Substance o There must be something in which these qualities subsist § What has color …showed first 75 words of 518 total…

…showed last 75 words of 518 total…really exist in those bodies. But light, heat, whiteness, or coldness are no more really in them than sickness or pain is in manna. Take away the sensation of them; let not the eyes see light or colours, nor the ears hear sounds; let the palate not taste, nor the nose smell; and all colours, tastes, odours and sounds vanish and are reduced to their causes--i.e. bulk,! figure and motion of parts. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**