...extension, figure, motion or rest, and number. Secondary qualities, on the other hand, are such ' which in truth are nothing in the objects themselves, but powers...insensible parts, as colours, sounds, tastes, &c.' Dr. Reid*, reconsidering this subject, puts the difference in another way. There is, he says, a real...

...extension, figure, motion or rest, and number. Secondary qualities, on the other hand, are such 'which in truth are nothing in the objects themselves, but powers...their insensible parts, as colours, sounds, tastes, <fec.' Dr. Reid2, reconsidering this subject, puts the difference in another way. There is, he says,...

...smells, tastes, sounds, etc., which, whatever reality we by mistake may attribute to them, are, in truth, nothing in the objects themselves, but powers to produce various sensations in us; and depend on the qualities before mentioned. "The ideas of primary qualities of bodies are resemblances...

...smells, tastes, sounds, etc., which, whatever reality we by mistake may attribute to them, are, in truth, nothing in the objects themselves, but powers to produce various sensations in us ; and depend on the qualities before mentioned. " The ideas of Primary qualities of bodies are resemblances...

...smells, tastes, sounds, etc., which, whatever reality we by mistake may attribute to them, are, in truth, nothing in the objects themselves, but powers to produce various sensations in us ; and depend on the qualities before mentioned. " The ideas of Primary qualities of bodies are resemblances...

...smells, tastes, sounds, etc., which, whatever reality we by mistake may attribute to them, are, in truth, nothing in the objects themselves, but powers to produce various sensations in us ; and depend on the qualities before mentioned. " The ideas of Primary qualities of bodies arc resemblances...

...rest, and number." Speaking again of secondary qualities, — " Secondly, such qualities, which, in truth, are nothing in the objects themselves, but...their primary qualities, ie, by the bulk, figure, teiture, and motion of their insensible parts, as colours, sounds, tastes, &c., — these I call secondary...

...rest, and number." Speaking again of secondary qualities, — " Secondly, such qualities, which, in truth, are nothing in the objects themselves, but...various sensations in us by their primary qualities, te, by the bulk, figure, teiture, and motion of their insensible parts, as colours, sounds, tastes,...

...objects themselves, bnt powers to produce various sensations in us by their primary qualities,»'. «., by the bulk, figure, texture, and motion of their insensible parts, as colours, sounds, tastes, &c.,—these I call secondary qualities."— "Human Understanding," book ii., chap, viii., p. 75. The...

...fail to come upon the law ; hence his " secondary qualities " of objects, which he affirmed to be " nothing in the objects themselves but powers to produce various sensations in us" though he considered certain " primary qualities " — bulk, extension, figure, motion, rest, number...