Single Idea 22593

[catalogued under 12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / d. Secondary qualities]

Full Idea

There can be a difference between our sensation of light and what is in the objects that produce that sensation in us.

Gist of Idea

Our sensation of light may not be the same as what produces the sensation

Source

René Descartes (The World [1631]), quoted by Ian Dunt - How to be a Liberal 1

Book Reference

Dunt,Ian: 'How to Be a Liberal' [Canbury Press 2020], p.18


A Reaction

Note only that they 'may' differ, and that he does not assert that they are entirely different. Secondary qualities give information, and are not just mental events.