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8. Generally, which qualities really exist in bodies themselves? Which exist in the perceiver of the body?

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>From anna grier:

Bulk,figure,and motion are generally the qualities which really exist in the bodies themselves. Sounds, colors, and taste exist in the perciever
of the body.

 

>rm says: Yes, and more generally what does Locke call qualities of each type?

 

>From anna grier :

primary and secondary

>rm says: Respectively, yes.

>From KAI YU and WAI YAN:

primary= body, secondary= perceiver

 

>rm says: Yes.

 

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