Note 10 — OPMERKINGEN TOT TOELICHTING EN BEVESTIGING.1 (continued 3)
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Reeds Philonous heeft tegen Hylas’ vraag: (p. 348. Dial. III.) „Explain to me now, o Philonous! how it is possible there should be room for all those trees and houses to exist in your mind. Can extended things be contained in that which is unextended? Or, are we to imagine impressions made on a thing void of all solidity?”… enz. zich aldus verweerd: „Look you, Hylas, when I speak of objects as existing in the mind, or imprinted on the senses, I would not be understood in the gross literal sense—as when bodies are said to exist in a place, or a seal to make an impression upon a wax. My meaning is only that the mind comprehends or perceives them; and that it is affected from without, or by some being distinct from itself.”
Cf. ook Collier (o. c. p. 441), geciteerd op bl. 56 noot 2. ↑