Berkeley, George
"Three Dialogues Between Hylas And Philonous"
. Doth it not therefore follow, that sensible pain is
nothing distinct from those sensations or ideas, in an intense
degree?
. It is undeniable; and, to speak the truth, I begin to
suspect a very great heat cannot exist but in a mind perceiving
it.
. What! are you then in that sceptical state of
suspense, between affirming and denying?
. I think I may be positive in the point. A very
violent and painful heat cannot exist without the mind.
. It hath not therefore according to you, any
being?
. I own it.
. Is it therefore certain, that there is no body in
nature really hot?
. I have not denied there is any real heat in bodies. I
only say, there is no such thing as an intense real heat.
. But, did you not say before that all degrees of heat
were equally real; or, if there was any difference, that the
greater were more undoubtedly real than the lesser?
. True: but it was because I did not then consider the
ground there is for distinguishing between them, which I now
plainly see.
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