How often must I tell you, that I know not the real
nature of any one thing in the universe? I may indeed upon
occasion make use of pen, ink, and paper. But what any one of
them is in its own true nature, I declare positively I know not.
And the same is true with regard to every, other corporeal thing.
And, what is more, we are not only ignorant of the true and real
nature of things, but even of their existence. It cannot be
denied that we perceive such certain appearances or ideas; but it
cannot be concluded from thence that bodies really exist. {229}
Nay, now I think on it, I must, agreeably to my former
concessions, farther declare that it is impossible any
corporeal thing should exist in nature.
. You amaze me. Was ever anything more wild and
extravagant than the notions you now maintain: and is it not
evident you are led into all these extravagances by the belief of
? This makes you dream of those unknown
natures in everything. It is this occasions your distinguishing
between the reality and sensible appearances of things.
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