Quote: size, shape, place, adjacency, quantity, and speed are fundamental properties of material substance

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Therefore I say that upon conceiving of a … is bounded and has this or that shape; … stays still; that it does or does not … these conditions by any stretch of my imagination. … or foul odor, my mind feels no compulsion … would perhaps never arrive at such qualities. For … names so far as pertains to the subject … living creature (l'animale) were removed, all these qualities … [p. 311] I do not believe that for exciting … numbers, and slow or fast movements; and I … remain but not odors or tastes or sounds. … are nothing but names when armpits and the …   Google-1   Google-2

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Quote: tastes, odors, colors are mere names as far material objects are concerned; they are only excitations of living animals; same as tickling and armpits

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