Berkeley, George
"Three Dialogues Between Hylas And Philonous"
It is not my business to
dispute about
; only I would advise you to bethink
yourself, whether, considering the inquiry we are upon, it be
prudent for you to affirm -- not real colours>, no man ever did or can see are truly so>. Are not these shocking
notions, and are not they subject to as many ridiculous
inferences, as those you were obliged to renounce before in the
case of sounds?
. I frankly own, Philonous, that it is in vain to
longer. Colours, sounds, tastes, in a word all those termed
, have certainly no existence without the
mind. But by this acknowledgment I must not be supposed to
derogate, the reality of Matter, or external objects; seeing it
is no more than several philosophers maintain, who nevertheless
are the farthest imaginable from denying Matter. For the clearer
understanding of this, you must know sensible qualities are by
philosophers divided into and .
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