The Perception Puzzle

The author believes the wax to be a body that can be perceived in different forms.

The author rules out qualities such as sweetness, odor, whiteness, figure, and sound.

The author identifies the wax as something extended, flexible, and movable.

<p>The author means that the wax is capable of undergoing various changes and transformations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The author states this because the changes and transformations of the wax are infinite and cannot be comprehended by imagination.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>&quot;neither the sweetness of honey, the pleasant odor of flowers, the whiteness, the figure, nor the sound&quot; means that the wax does not possess any of these sensory qualities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When the author thinks of the wax in a certain way, he imagines it as something extended, flexible, and movable.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The author states this because he conceives that the wax admits of an infinity of similar changes, making it impossible to imagine all of these changes and limiting the conception of the wax to being simply extended, flexible, and movable.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When the author says the conception of the wax is not the product of imagination, he means that the conception is based on the objective properties of the wax, such as being extended, flexible, and movable, rather than on subjective and imaginary qualities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By &quot;retrenching all that does not belong to the wax, let us see what remains,&quot; the author means removing any subjective or sensory qualities attributed to the wax and focusing only on the objective properties, such as being extended, flexible, and movable.</p> Signup and view all the answers