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John Locke
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Section S17
Section 155 of 1,114
Canonical reference B2.C8.S17
English
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The particular bulk, number, figure, and motion of the parts of fire or snow are really in them, - whether any one’s senses perceive them or no: and therefore they may be called REAL qualities, because they really exist in those bodies. But light, heat, whiteness, or coldness, are no more really in them than sickness or pain is in manna. Take away the sensation of them; let not the eyes see light or colours, nor the ear hear sounds; let the palate not taste, nor the nose smell, and all colours, tastes, odours, and sounds, AS THEY ARE SUCH PARTICULAR IDEAS, vanish and cease, and are reduced to their causes, i.e. bulk, figure, and motion of parts.
French
Pierre Coste · Pierre Mortier, Amsterdam, 1735, third edition
Il y a réellement dans le Feu ou dans la Neige des parties d’une certaine groſſeur, figure, nombre & mouvement, ſoit que nos Sens les apperçoivent, ou non : c’eſt pourquoi ces qualitez peuvent être appellées réelles, parce qu’elles exiſtent réellement dans ces Corps. Mais pour la Lumiére, la Chaleur, ou la Froideur, elles n’y ſont pas plus réellement que la langueur ou la douleur dans la Manne. Otez le ſentiment que nous avons de ces qualitez, faites que les yeux ne voyent point la lumiére ou les couleurs, que les oreilles n’entendent aucun ſon, que le palais ne ſoit frappé d’aucun goût, ni le nez d’aucune odeur ; & dès-lors toutes les Couleurs, tous les Goûts, toutes les Odeurs, & tous les Sons, entant que ce ſont telles & telles idées particuliéres, s’évanouïront, & ceſſeront d’exiſter, ſans qu’il reſte après cela autre choſe que les cauſes mêmes de ces idées, c’eſt-à-dire certaine groſſeur, figure & mouvement des parties des Corps qui produiſent toutes ces idées en nous.
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