Berkeley, George
"Three Dialogues Between Hylas And Philonous"
. This point then is agreed between us -- That
by sense>. You will farther inform me, whether we immediately
perceive by sight anything beside light, and colours, and
figures; or by hearing, anything but sounds; by the palate,
anything beside tastes; by the smell, beside odours; or by the
touch, more than tangible qualities.
. We do not.
. It seems, therefore, that if you take away all
sensible qualities, there remains nothing sensible?
. I grant it.
. Sensible things therefore are {250} nothing else but
so many sensible qualities, or combinations of sensible
qualities?
. Nothing else.
. then is a sensible thing?
. Certainly.
. Doth the of sensible things consist in
being perceived? or, is it something distinct from their being
perceived, and that bears no relation to the mind?
. To is one thing, and to be is
another.
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