We may, therefore, conclude with certainty, that the opinion of a continued and of a distinct existence never arises from the senses.
To confirm this we may observe, that there are three different kinds of impressions conveyed by the senses.

The first are those of the figure, bulk, motion and solidity of bodies.

The second those of colours, tastes, smells, sounds, heat and cold.

The third are the pains and pleasures, that arise from the application of objects to our bodies, as by the cutting of our flesh with steel, and such like.

Both philosophers and the vulgar suppose the first of these to have a distinct continued existence.