Berkeley, George
"Three Dialogues Between Hylas And Philonous"
Even so.
. And the latter consists in motion?
. I told you so before.
. Tell me, Hylas, to which of the senses, think you,
the idea of motion belongs? to the hearing?
. No, certainly; but to the sight and touch.
. It should follow then, that, according to you, real
sounds may possibly be , but never .
. Look you, Philonous, you may, if you please, make a
jest of my opinion, but that will not alter the truth of things.
I own, indeed, the inferences you draw me into sound something
oddly; but common language, you know, is framed by, and for the
use of the vulgar: we must not therefore wonder if expressions
adapted to exact philosophic notions seem uncouth and out of the
way.
. Is it come to that? I assure you, I imagine myself
to have gained no small point, since you make so light of
departing from common phrases and opinions; it being a main part
of our inquiry, to examine whose notions are widest of the {183}
common road, and most repugnant to the general sense of the
world.
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