Berkeley, George
"Three Dialogues Between Hylas And Philonous"
. Pray where do you suppose this unknown Matter to
exist?
. Oh Philonous! now you think you have entangled me;
for, if I say it exists in place, then you will infer that it
exists in the mind, since it is agreed that place or extension
exists only in the mind. But I am not ashamed to own my
ignorance. I know not where it exists; only I am sure it exists
not in place. There is a negative answer for you. And you must
expect no other to all the questions you put for the future about
Matter.
. Since you will not tell me where it exists, be
pleased to inform me after what manner you suppose it to exist,
or what you mean by its ?
. It neither thinks nor acts, neither perceives nor is
perceived.
. But what is there positive in your abstracted notion
of its existence?
. Upon a nice observation, I do not find I have any
positive notion or meaning at all. I tell you again, I am not
ashamed to own my ignorance. I know not what is meant by its
, or how it exists.
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