...discussion of our commonsense view of the causality of bodies is that secondary qualities "are in truth nothing in the Objects themselves, but Powers to produce various Sensations in us, and depend on those primary Qualities, viz. Bulk, Figure, Texture, and Motion of parts" (E II.viii.14:...

...either solidity, extension, figure, or mobility from any body . . . These I call original or primary qualities of body, which I think we may observe to...solidity, extension, figure, motion or rest, and number. 2dly such qualities, which in truth are nothing in the objects themselves, but powers to produce various...

...They produce ideas in us that actually resemble their causes. Not so with secondary qualities, which 'are nothing in the objects themselves but powers...various sensations in us by their primary qualities'. Qualities of the third kind act like secondary qualities, except that they cause sensations in us indirectly...

...(Descartes 1984: 8K 90. ^4-5; 1985: 29-31). Locke 1(1689] 1979: 135) defined secondary qualities as 'nothing in the objects themselves, but Powers to...various Sensations in us by their primary Qualities'. Berkeley interpreted Locke as distinguishing (arbitrarily) between qualities which exist materially...

...about them. Is this what Locke believes? The answer seems to be yes, for the secondary qualities: they are 'nothing in the Objects themselves, but Powers to produce various Sensations in us'. And it might look as though the answer is sometimes yes, for the tertiary qualities as well. The powers...

...and mobility. If it is divided, each part retains these qualities. 'These I call original or primary qualities of body, which I think we may observe to...viz. solidity, extension, figure, motion or rest, and number.'2 Besides these primary qualities there are also secondary qualities. The latter are 'nothing...

...extension, figure, motion, rest and number. They are constantly found in the bodies. The secondary qualities, 'which in truth are nothing in the objects...various sensations in us by their primary qualities' '.' They include colour, sounds, tastes etc. Again, 'primary qualities of bodies are resemblances of...

...bodies, after division make a certain number. These l call original or primary qualities of body, which l think we may observe to produce simple ideas in us,...extension, figure, motion, or rest, and number. 10. Secondly, such qualities, which in truth are nothing in the objects themselves, but powers to produce...

...particles is objective, our reaction to sensations is subjective. Locke says that secondary qualities: "are nothing in the objects themselves but powers...various sensations in us by their primary qualities" (ibid, Book 2, ch. 8, sect. 10). In chapter 12 of the same book, he informs us that complex ideas arise...

...as so many distinct bodies, after division make a certain number. These I call original or primary qualities of body; which I think we may observe to...extension, figure, motion or rest, and number. §10. Secondly, such qualities which in truth are nothing in the objects themselves but powers to produce...