Berkeley, George
"Three Dialogues Between Hylas And Philonous"
. Things! You may pretend what you please; but it is
certain you leave us nothing but the empty forms of things, the
outside only which strikes the senses.
. What you call the empty forms and outside of things
seem to me the very things themselves. Nor are they empty or
incomplete, otherwise than upon your supposition -- that Matter
{245} is an essential part of all corporeal things. We both,
therefore, agree in this, that we perceive only sensible forms:
but herein we differ -- you will have them to be empty
appearances, I, real beings. In short, you do not trust your
senses, I do.
. You say you believe your senses; and seem to applaud
yourself that in this you agree with the vulgar. According to
you, therefore, the true nature of a thing is discovered by the
senses. If so, whence comes that disagreement? Why is not the
same figure, and other sensible qualities, perceived all manner
of ways? and why should we use a microscope the better to
discover the true nature of a body, if it were discoverable to
the naked eye?
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