Berkeley, George
"Three Dialogues Between Hylas And Philonous"
That
is not fair, Philonous.
. I am not for imposing any sense on your words: you
are at liberty to explain them as you please. Only, I beseech
you, make me understand something by them. You tell me Matter
supports or stands under accidents. How! is it as your legs
support your body?
. No; that is the literal sense.
. Pray let me know any sense, literal or not literal,
that you understand it in. -- How long must I wait for an answer,
Hylas?
. I declare I know not what to say. I once thought I
understood well enough what was meant by Matter's supporting
accidents. But now, the more I think on it the less can I
comprehend it: in short I find that I know nothing of it.
. It seems then you have no idea at all, neither
relative nor positive, of Matter; you know neither what it is in
itself, nor what relation it bears to accidents?
. I acknowledge it.
. And yet you asserted that you could not conceive how
qualities or accidents should really exist, without conceiving at
the same time a material support of them?
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