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Full Idea
The distinction between primary and secondary qualities is the precondition for the development of modern physics and chemistry.
Gist of Idea
Modern science depends on the distinction between primary and secondary qualities
Source
Thomas Nagel (The View from Nowhere [1986], V.3)
Book Ref
Nagel,Thomas: 'The View from Nowhere' [OUP 1989], p.75