Berkeley, George
"Three Dialogues Between Hylas And Philonous"
.. When is a thing shewn to be impossible?
. When a repugnancy is demonstrated between the ideas
comprehended in its definition.
. But where there are no ideas, there no repugnancy
can be demonstrated between ideas?
. I agree with you.
. Now, in that which you call the obscure indefinite
sense of the word , it is plain, by your own confession,
there {226} was included no idea at all, no sense except an
unknown sense; which is the same thing as none. You are not,
therefore, to expect I should prove a repugnancy between ideas,
where there are no ideas; or the impossibility of Matter taken in
an sense, that is, no sense at all. My business was
only to shew you meant ; and this you were brought to
own. So that, in all your various senses, you have been shewed
either to mean nothing at all, or, if anything, an absurdity. And
if this be not sufficient to prove the impossibility of a thing,
I desire you will let me know what is.
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