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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / c. Primary qualities

3933	Primary qualities (such as shape, solidity, mass) are held to really exist, unlike secondary qualities [Berkeley]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / e. Primary/secondary critique

3934	A mite would see its own foot as large, though we would see it as tiny [Berkeley]

3935	The apparent size of an object varies with its distance away, so that can't be a property of the object [Berkeley]

3937	'Solidity' is either not a sensible quality at all, or it is clearly relative to our senses [Berkeley]

3940	Distance is not directly perceived by sight [Berkeley]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 3. Representation

3957	Immediate objects of perception, which some treat as appearances, I treat as the real things themselves [Berkeley]

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 1. Empiricism

3953	Real things and imaginary or dreamed things differ because the latter are much fainter [Berkeley]

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 4. Pro-Empiricism

3938	Geometry is originally perceived by senses, and so is not purely intellectual [Berkeley]