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The Concept of Nature

CHAPTER VII
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Let us think only of her bodily presence.

What do you mean by this notion?
We confine ourselves to typical manifestations of it.

You can see her, touch her, and hear her.

But the examples which I have given you show that the notions of the situations of what you see, what you touch, and what you hear are not so sharply separated out as to defy further questioning.

You cannot cling to the idea that we have two sets of experiences of nature, one of primary qualities which belong to the objects perceived, and one of secondary qualities which are the products of our mental excitements.


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